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PEOPLE'S  PSALTER 


THE  PSALMS  OF  DAVID 

ARRANGED   FOR   CHANTING. 

WITH     AN 

APPEND  rX, 

COXTAIXIXG  HYMXS  FROM  HOLY  SCRIPTURE, 
AND   A  SELECTION   OF  CHANTS. 

REVISED    AND    ENLARGED. 

NEW    YORK: 
PUBLISHED   BY   F.  D.  HARRIMAN, 

No.  762    BROADWAY. 
1866. 


Stereotyped  by  Smith  &  McD.h;gal,  82  &  84  Beekumn  St.,  N.  Y. 


PREFACE. 


The  Choir  and  Family  Psalter  is  here  reduced  to  a  size  con- 
venient for  the  pocket.  The  division  of  the  words  being,  of 
course,  the  same,  when  that  work  is  used  by  the  organist  and 
choir  of  a  church,  this  may  be  used  by  the  people.  The 
single  and  double  marks  in  each  verse  correspond  to  the  single 
and  double  bars  of  a  chant.  When  a  hyphen  follows  a  word 
or  syllable,  it  signifies  that  that  word  or  syllable  is  to  be  con- 
tinued through  another  note.  Thus :  I  mil  call  upon  Him 
as  |  long  -  \  as  I  live, — here  the  word  long  is  to  be  sung  to 
the  2nd  and  3rd  note  of  the  first  part  of  a  chant.  Again  : 
Forever  \  praise-  \  -the  Lord.  Here  the  word  praise  is  to  be 
sung  to  the  3d  and  4th  notes  of  the  second  part  of  a  chant 
Further  explanations  are  not  given,  seeing  they  would  be 
superfluous  for  those  who  understand  chanting,  and  not  intel- 
ligible to  those  who  do  not.  For  the  same  reason,  no  direc- 
tions are  here  laid  down  for  the  proper  execution  of  this  kind 
of  music.  Chanting  can  be  learned  only  from  the  oral 
teacher. 

In  regard  to  the  pointing,  the  subscriber  repeats  what  is 
said  in  the  preface  to  the  Choir  and  Family  Psalter — "  It  was 
intended  at  first  to  be  a  copy  of  his  figured  Psalter,  published 
some  three  years  since.  But  in  correcting  the  faulty  readings 
of  that  book,  he  found  himself  gradually  departing  from  the 
syllabic,  and  falling  into  the  accentuated,  particularly  in  con- 
cluding words  of  three  syllables  ;  hence  the  latter  method  pre- 
vails throughout  the  present  Psalter.  Although  it  is  liable  to 
some  objections,  it  is  more  spirited,  occupies  less  time  in  the 
performance,  is  more  in  accordance  with  correct  reading,  and 
is  therefore  likely  to  be  generally  adopted." 

In  the  pointing,  ease  of  execution  in  the  singing  has  been 


.  V  PREFACE. 

chiefly  studied,  though  this  has  sometimes  yielded  to  correct 
accentuation.  Between  the  claim  of  accent  on  the  one  hand, 
and  of  an  easy  flow  of  sound  on  the  other,  the  preference,  it 
will  be  found,  has  in  some  instances  been  given  to  the  one, 
and  in  others  to  the  other ;  not,  indeed,  altogether  arbitrarily, 
yet  for  reasons  which,  it  cannot  be  hoped,  will  always  appear. 
On  the  whole,  it  is  believed  that  a  pointed  Psalter  is  here  pre- 
sented to  the  Church  which  will  do  something  towards  uni- 
formity in  our  chanting,  as  far  as  the  division  of  the  words  is 
concerned.  Such  uniformity  ought,  if  possible,  to  be  attained. 
A  worshipper  coming  into  a  church,  anywhere,  should  be  able 
to  unite  as  readily  in  this  part  of  the  service,  as  in  the  metre 
psalms  and  hymns.  But  at  present,  there  is  so  great  a  variety 
of  readings,  that  one  can  scarce  join  in  a  canticle,  except  in 
the  particular  congregation  to  which  he  belongs.  Sameness 
in  the  music,  indeed,  is  equally  desirable.  It  would  be  very 
beautiful  if  throughout  our  borders  each  psalm  were  invariably 
associated  with  a  certain  melody,  so  that  one  would  not  fail  to 
suggest  the  other.  Bat  it  may  be  long  before  that  is  accom- 
plished. In  the  meanwhile,  a  great  deal  will  be  gained  if  we 
come  to  some  agreement  in  the  disposition  of  the  words. 
When  that  is  everywhere  the  same,  the  worshipper,  wherever 
he  be,  will  find  no  difficulty  in  bearing  his  part  of  the  chants, 
the  melody  of  which  is,  or  ought  to  be,  so  simple  as  to  be 
easily  followed  as  soon  as  heard. 

The  present  book  will  be  found  useful,  not  only  where  the 
whole  Psalter  is  chanted,  but  when  there  is  a  desire  to  substi- 
tute for  a  metre  psalm,  one  of  the  psalms  in  prose.  A  much 
larger  portion  than  the  usual  three  or  four  verses  in  metre, 
could  thus  be  sung,  and  a  congregation  would  be  thereby 
accustomed  to  chanting,  and  would  grow  fond  of  it.  Clergy 
men  who  would  encourage  this  kind  of  music  among  their 
people,  might  do  it  by  occasionally  giving  out  from  the  Psalter, 
instead  of  the  metrical  selections.  They  would  find  the  con- 
gregation following  the  choir,  or  leader,  as  readily  as  in  the 
ordinary  psalm  and  hymn  tunes. 


PREFACE.  V 

Further,  a  boc  k  like  this  is  a  help  to  congregational  reading, 
as  well  as  chanting.  We  need  one  as  much  as  the  other ;  for 
nothing  can  he  more  undevotional  than  the  careless  manner  in 
which  the  alternate  verses  of  the  Psalter  are  generally  uttered 
by  the  people, — some  speaking  scarcely  above  their  breath, 
others  hurrying  over  the  words  and  finishing  a  verse  before 
their  neighbors  have  got  through  half  of  it,  and  none  having 
any  idea  that  there  should  be  a  concert  of  utterance  among 
them.  How  much  more  like  united  worship  would  it  be,  if  all 
kept  the  same  time  in  reading  together.  In  order  to  this, 
there  must  be  a  simultaneous  pause  about  the  middle  of  the 
verse,  the  place  for  which  in  the  Psalter  of  the  English 
Prayer  Book  is  indicated  by  the  colon.  In  our  American 
Book,  that  pause  has  been  omitted,  probably  from  its  some- 
times interrupting  the  sense.  It  is  an  old  musical  stop,  (for 
the  most  part  coinciding  with  grammatical  punctuation,)  to 
show  where  the  first  half  of  the  chant  ends,  and  in  the  present 
Psalter  is  restored  in  the  double  bar.*  By  observing  this  as  a 
slight  rest  for  the  voice,  a  congregation  will  find  it  easy  to 
keep  company  in  their  reading,  and  so  glorify  God  with  one 
mouth,  as  well  as  with  one  heart  and  mind. 

To  the  Psalter  are  appended  a  number  of  Scripture  passages, 
also  pointed  for  chanting,  and  which  of  course  may  be  sung  as 
easily  as  any  of  the  psalms.  This  is  only  a  small  portion  of 
the  treasures  of  Holy  Writ  with  which  our  worship  might  be 
enriched,  and  varied  according  to  the  different  periods  of  the 
Ecclesiastical  year.  There  is  both  precedent  and  authority  for 
such  a  use  of  the  sacred  text  other  than  the  psalms.  Prece- 
dent :  in  the  Magnificat  and  Nunc  Dimittis  of  the  English 
Prayer  Book,  and  in  the  Benedictus  of  our  own  ;  and  what  is 
more  analogous  in  its  character  to  most  of  the  passages  in  the 
Appendix,  the  anthem  for  Easter  Day,  taken  from  St.  Paul's 

*  Tins,  except  in  some  three  or  four  cases  in  the  "Selections  of  Psalms," 
■will  always  be  found  in  the  same  place  in  the  verse,  at  which  the  colon  in 
the  Er.£rli:-h  Tsalter  occurs.  Had  the  liberty  been  taken  to  alter  its  position, 
the  readings  in  many  places  might  have  been  improved.- 


Vi  PREFACE. 

Epistles.     Authority  :  in  the  express  allowance  of  tlie  House 
of  Bishops. 

The  selection  of  chants  at  the  end  consists  of  such  as,  from 
their  simplicity,  are  best  adapted  to  the  common  voice  and 
ear.  For  antiphonal  singing,  single  chants  are  to  be  pre- 
ferred. When  double  ones  are  thus  used,  they  should  be  those 
in  which  the  second  part  is  somewhat  of  answer  to  the  first. 
Let  a  congregation  be  familiar  with  only  the  few  here  pre- 
sented, and  they  will  be  always  ready  to  take  their  part,  in 
what  are  eminently  the  "  Songs  of  Zion."  For  further  obser- 
vations on  congregational  chanting,  the  reader  is  referred  to 
the  Choir  and  Family  Psalter. 

W.  A.  MUHLENBERG, 

Pastor  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Communion,  New  York. 
June,  1S51. 


NOTICE. 

This  edition  of  "  The  People's  Psalter"  has  been  carefully  re- 
vised and  corrected.  The  Divisions  of  the  Canticles  and  Selec- 
tions have,  in  many  places,  been  rendered  much  smoother,  and 
those  Psalms  which  occur  both  in  the  Selections  and  Psalter, 
have  been  carefully  compared  and  pointed  alike. 

The  Harmonies  of  the  Chants,  at  the  end  of  the  work,  have 
been  revised  by  Mr.  James  A.  Johnson,  chorister  of  the  church 
of  the  Holy  Communion.  A  number  of  Chants  have  also  been 
selected  and  added,  and  no  pains  have  been  spared  to  make 
the  present  edition  perfect. 


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MORNING  PRAYER. 


VEKITE,  EXULTEMUS  DOMINO. 

OCOME,  let  us  sing  un  |  to  the  |  Lord  ||  let  us 
heartily  rejoice  in  the  |  strength  of  |  our  sal  | 
ration. 

Let  us  come  before  his  presence  with 
thanks  |  giving  ||  and  show  ourselves  |  glad  in  | 
him  with  |  psalms. 


great  -  |  God  ||  and     a 
gods. 


For    the     Lord     is    a 
great  |  King  a  |  bove  all 

In  his  hand  are  all  the  corners  |  of  the 
earth  ||  and  the  strenth  of  the  |  hills  is  |  his- 
also. 

The  sea  is  his,  |  and  he  |  made  it  ||  and  his 
hands  pre  |  pared  the  dry-  |  land. 

O  come,  let  us  worship  |  and  fall  down  | 
and  kneel  be  |  fore  the  |  Lord  our  |  Maker. 

For  he  is  the  |  Lord  our  |  God  ||  and  we 
are  the  people  of  his  pasture,  |  and  the  |  sheep  of 
his  |  hand. 

O     worship    the    Lord    in     the  |  beauty     of  | 
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MORNING  PRAYER. 


holiness  ||  let  the  whole  earth  |  stand  in  |  awe 
of  |  him. 

For  he  cometh,  for  he  cometh  to  |  judge 
the  |  earth  ||  and  with  righteousness  to  judge  the 
world,  and  the  |  people  |  with  his  |  truth. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father  |  and  to  the  |  Son  | 
and  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost. 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  ever 
shall  I  be  ||  world  without  I  end  -  |  A  -  |  men. 


GLORIA  IN  EXCELSIS. 

GLORY  be  to  |  God  on  |  high  ||  and  on  earth  | 
peace,  good  |  will  towards  |  men.     We  praise 
thee,  we  bless  thee,  we  |  worship  |  thee  ||  we  glo- 
rify thee,  we  give  thanks  to  |  thee  for  |  thy  great 
glory  ||  O  Lord  God  |  heavenly  |  King  ||  God  the 
Father  |  Al  -  |  mighty. 

O  Lorh,  the  only-begotten  Son  |  Jesus  Chrtst  || 
O  Lord  God,  Lamb  of  |  God,  Son  |  of  the  |  Fa- 
ther ||  that  takest  away  the  |  sins  of  the  |  world  || 
have  mercy  |  upon  |  us.  Thou  that  takest  away 
the  |  sins  of  the  |  world  ||  have  mercy  |  upon  |  us. 
Thou  that  takest  away  the  |  sins  of  the  |  world  || 
re  |  ceive  our  |  prayer.  Thou  that  sittest  at  the 
right  hand  of  |  God  the  |  Father  ||  have  mercy  | 
upon  |  us.  || 

For  thou  |  only  art  |  holy  ||  thou  |  only  |  art  the] 
Lord;   thou   only,    O    Christ,  with  the  |  Holy' 
Ghost  ||  art  most  high  in  the  |  glory  of  |  God  the 
Father  ||  A-  |  men. 

8 


MORNING  PRATER. 


TE  DEUM  LAUDAMUS. 
j  E    praise  |  thee,  O J  God  ||  we  acknowledge 


w 


thee  to  |  be  the  |  Lord 

All  the  earth  doth  |  worship  |  thee  ||  the  | 
Father  |  ever  |  lasting. 

To  thee  all  Angels  |  cry  a  |  loud  ||  the 
Heavens,  and  |  all  the  |  Powers  there  |  in. 

To  thee  Cherubim,  and  |  Seraph  |  im  ||  con  | 
tinual  |  lv  do  |  cry, 

Holy,  Holy,  Holy,  Lord  |  God  of  |  Sabaoth.  || 

Heaven  and  earth  are  full  of  the  |  Majesty  | 
of  thy  |  Glory. 

The  glorious  company  of  the  Apostles  | 
praise  -  |  thee  i|    ■ 

The  goodly  fellowship  of  the  |  Prophets  | 
praise  -  |  thee. 

The  noble  army  of  Martyrs  |  praise-  |  thee  || 

The  holy  Church  throughout  all  the  world  | 
doth  ac  |  knowledge  |  thee. 

The  |  Fa-  |  ther  ||  of  an  |   infinite  |  Majes  |  ty ; 

Thine  adorable,  true,  and  only  |  Son  || 

Also  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost,  the  |  Comforter 

Thou  art  the  King  of  Glory,  [  O  -  |  Christ  || 

Thou  art  the  everlasting  |  Son  -  |  of  the  [ 
Father. 

When  thou  tookest  upon  thee  to  de  |  liver 
man  ||  thou  didst  humble  thyself  to  be  |  born 
of  a  |  Virgin. 

When  thou  hadst  overcome  the  |  sharpness 
of  |  death  ||  thou  didst  open  the  Kingdom  of  | 
Heaven  to  |  all  |  be  |  lie  vers. 

Thon    sittest    at    the    right  |  hand    of  |  God  | 
in  the  |  Glory  |  of  the  |  Father. 
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MORNING  PRAYER. 


We  believe  that  thou  shalt  come  to  |  be 
our  |  Judge  || 

We  therefore  pray  thee,  help  thy  servants, 
whom  thou  hast  redeemed  |  with  thy  |  precious  | 
blood. 

Make  them  to  be  numbered  |  with  thy  | 
Saints  ||  in  |  glory  |  ever  |  lasting. 

O  Lord,  |  save  thy  |  people  ||  and  |  bless-  | 
thine  -  |  heritage. 

Gov  |  •  em  |  them  ]|  and  |  lift  them  |  up  for  | 
ever. 

Day  by  day  we  |  magnify  |  thee  || 

And  we  worship  thy  Same  ever,  |  world 
with  |  out-  |  end. 

Youch  |  safe,  O  |  Lord  ||  to  keep  us  this  | 
day  with  |  out  -  |  sin. 

O  Lord,  have  |  mercy  up  |  on  us  ||  have  | 
mer-  |  cy  up  |  on  us. 

O  Lord,  let  thy  mercy  |  be  up  |  on  us  ||  as 
our  |  trust  is  [  in-  |  thee. 

O  Lord,  in  thee  |  have  I  |  trusted  ||  let  me  | 
never  |  be  con  |  founded. 


BENEDICITE,  OMNIA  OPERA  DOMINI. 

OALL  ye  works   of  the  Lord,  |  bless  ye  the 
Lord  |f  praise    him,    and  |  magnify  |  him   for 
ever. 

O  ye  angels  of  the  Lord,  |  bless  ye  the 
Lord  i|  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for 
ever. 

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MORNING  PRATER. 


O  ye  Heavens.  |  bless  ye  the  |  Lord  ||  praise 
him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 

O  ye  Waters  that  be  above  the  firmament,  l 
bless  ye  the  |  Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  | 
him  for  |  ever. 

O  all  ye  Powers  of  the  Lord,  |  bless  ye  the  | 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 


bless   ye   the  |  Lord  || 


him  for  ]  ever. 


O   ye   Sim  and  Moon, 
praise  him,  and  |  magnify 

O   ye  Stars  of  Heaven,  |  bless  ye  the  |  Lord  | 
praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 

O  ye  Showers  and  Dew,  |  bless  ye  the 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for 
ever. 

O  ye  Winds  of  God,  |  bless  ye  the  |  Lord 
praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 

O  ye  Fire  and  Heat,  |  bless  ye  the  |  Lord 
praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 

O  ye  Winter  and  Summer.  |  bless  ye  the 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for 
ever. 

O  ye  Dews  and  Frosts,  |  bless  ye  the 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for 
ever. 

O   ye   Frost  and   Cold,  |  bless  ye  the  |  Lord  [| 
praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 

O    ye   Ice    and   Snow,  |  bless   ye   the  |  Lord  [ 
praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 

O  ye  Xights  and  Days,  |  bless  ye  the 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for 
ever. 

O    ye    Light    and    Darkness,  |  bless    ye   the  | 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 


MORNING  PRAYER. 


O  ye  Lightnings  and  Clouds,  |  bless  ye  the  I 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  | 
ever. 

O  let  the  Earth,  |  bless  the  |  Lord  ||  yea, 
let  it  praise  him,  and  [  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 

O  ye  Mountains  and  Hills,  |  bless  ye  the  | 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 

O  all  ye  Green  Things  upon  the  earth, 
bless  ye  the  Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify 
him  for  |  ever. 

O  ye  Wells,  |  bless  ye  the  Lord  ||  praise 
him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 

O  ye  Seas  and  Floods,  |  bless  ye  the 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for 
ever. 

O  ye  Whales,  and  all  that  move  in  the 
Waters,  |  bless  ye  the  Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  | 
magnify  |  him  for  I  ever. 


bless  ye  the  | 
him  for  |  ever, 
bless  ye  the  | 
him  for  |  ever. 

bless  ye   the  |  Lord  || 

him  for  I  ever. 


O    all   ye   Fowls   of  the   Air, 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify 

O    all   ye   Beasts    and   Cattle, 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify 

O  ye  children  of  Men, 
praise  him,  and  |  magnify 

O    let     Israel  |  bless    the  |  Lord  ||  praise    him, 
and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 

O   ye    Priests    of   the    Lord,  |  bless    ye    the  | 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 

O   ye   Servants   of   the   Lore],    bless    ye    the  | 
Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him  for  |  ever. 

O  ye  Spirits  and  Souls  of  the  Kighteous, 
bless  ye  the  |  Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify 
him  for  |  ever. 

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MORNING  PRAYER. 


O  ye  holy  and  humble  Men  of  heart,  |  bless 
ye  the  |  Lord  ||  praise  him,  and  |  magnify  |  him 
for  |  ever. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son  j 
and  |  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost ; 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  | 
ever  shall  I  be  II  world  without  I  end  -  I  A-  I  men. 


JUBILATE  DEO.— Psalm  c. 

OBE  joyful  in  the  Lord,  |  all  ye  |  lands  ||  serve 
the  Lord  with  gladness,  and  come  before  his  | 
presence  |  with  a  |  song. 

Be  ye  sure  that  the  Lord  |  he  is  |  God  ||  it 
is  he  that  hath  made  us,  and  not  we  ourselves ; 
we  are  his  people,  |  and  the  |  sheep  of  his  |  pasture. 

O  go  your  way  into  his  gates  with  thanks 
giving,  and  into  his  |  courts  with  |  praise  ||  be 
thankful  unto  him,  and  speak  |  good  -  |  of  his  | 
Kame. 

For  the  Lord  is  gracious,  his  mercy  is  I  ever  | 
lasting  ||  and  his  truth  endurethfrom  gener  |  ation 
to  I  gener  |  ation. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son  || 
and  |  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost ; 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  | 
ever  shall  I  be  II  world  without  I  end-  I  A-  I  men. 


BENEDICTUS.— St.  Luke  i.  68. 

BLESSED  be  the  Lord  |  God  of  |  Israel  ||  for  he 
hath  visited  |  and  re  |  deemed  his  |  people ; 
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MORNING  PRAYER. 


And  hath  raised  up  a  mighty  sal  |  vation  | 
for  us  ||  in  the  house  |  of  his  |  servant  |  David ; 

As  he  spake  by  the  mouth  of  his  holy  | 
Prophets  ||  which  have  been  |  since  the  world 
be  |  gan ; 

That  we  should  be  saved  |  from  our  |  ene- 
mies ||  and  from  the  |  hand  of  |  all  that  |  hate  us. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son  | 
and  |  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost ; 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and 
ever  shall  |  be  ||  world  without  |  end  -  |  A  - 
men. 

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EVENING    PRAYER. 


CANTATE  DOMINO.— Psalm  xcviii. 

OSTIN'G-  unto  tlie  Lord  a  |  new  -  |  song  ||  for  he 
hath  |  done  -  |  marvellous  |  things. 

With  his  own  right  hand,  and  with  his  |  holy  | 
arm  ||  hath  he  |  gotten  him  |  self  the  j  victory. 

The  Lord  declared  |  his  sal  |  vation  ||  his 
righteousness  hath  he  openly  showed  in  the  | 
sight  -  |  of  the  |  heathen. 

He  hath  remembered  his  mercy  and  truth 
toward  the  |  house  of  |  Israel  ||  and  all  the  ends  of 
the  world  have  seen  the  sal  |  vation  |  of  our  |  God. 

Show  yourselves  joyful  unto  the  Lord,  |  all 
ye  |  lands  ||  sing,   re  j  joice,  -  |  and   give  |  thanks. 

Praise  the  Lord  up  |  on  the  |  harp  ||  sing  to 
the  harp  with  a  |  psalm  -  |  of  thanks  |  giving. 

With  trumpets  |  also  and  |  shawms  ||  O  show 
yourselves  joyful  be  |  fore  the  |  Lord,  the  |  King. 

Let  the  sea  make  a  noise,  and  all  that  |  there- 
in |  is  ||  the  round  world,  and  |  they  that  |  dwell 
there  |  in. 

Let   the  floods   clap   their  hands,   and   let  the 
hills  be  joyful  together  be  |  fore  the  |  Lord  ||  for 
he  |  cometh  to  judge  I  the  I  earth. 
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EVENING  PRATER. 


With  righteousness  shall  he  |  judge  the  | 
world  ||  and  the  |  people  |  with  -  |  equity. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son  |j 
and  |  to  the  |  Holy  I  Ghost ; 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  | 
ever  shall  |  be  |j  world  without  |  end  -  |  A  -men. 


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BONUM  EST  CONFITERL— Psalm  xcii. 

T  is  a  good  thing  to  give  thanks  un  |  to  the  I 

Lord  ||  and  to  sing  praises  unto  thy  |  Same,  -  | 
O  Most  |  Highest ; 

To  tell  of  thy  loving-kindness  early  |  in  the 
morning  ||  and  of  thy  truth  |  in  the  |  night  - 
season ; 

Upon  an  instrument  of  ten  strings,  and  up 
on  the  lute  ||  upon  a  loud  instrument,  |  and  up 
on  the     harp. 

For  thou,  Lord,  hast  made  me  glad  |  through 
thy  |  works  ||  and  I  will  rejoice  in  giving  praise 
for  the  oper  |  ations  |  of  thy  |  hands. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son  || 
and  |  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost ; 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  | 
ever  shall  be  |  world  without  |  end  -  |  A  -  |  men. 


DEUS  MISEREATUR.— Psalm  lxyh. 

GOD   be    merciful    unto  |  us,    and  |  bless    us  [ 
and  show  us  the  light  of  his   countenance, 
and  be  |  merciful  |  unto  |  us : 
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EVENING  PRATER. 


That  thy  way  may  be  |  known  upon  |  earth  | 
thy  saving  |  health  a  |  mong  all  |  nations. 

Let  the  people  praise  |  thee,  O  |  God  ||  yea, 
let  |  all  the  |  people  |  praise  thee. 

O  let  the  nations  re  |  joice  and  be  |  glad  ||  for 
thou  shalt  judge  the  folk  righteously,  and  govern 
the  |  nations  |  upon  |  earth. 

Let  the  people  praise  |  thee,  O  |  God  ||  yea, 
let  |  all  the  |  people  |  praise  thee. 

Then  shall  the  earth  bring  |  forth  her  [  in- 
crease ||  and  God,  even  our  own  God,  shall  | 
give  -  |  us  his  |  blessing. 

God  |  shall  -  |  bless  us  ||  and  all  the  ends 
of  the  |  world  shall  |  fear  -  |  him. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son  | 
and  |  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost ; 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  | 
ever  shall  |  be  ||  world  without  |  end-  |  A-  | 
men. 


BENEDIC  ANIMA  MEA.— Psalm  era. 

PEAISE  the  Lokd,  |  O  my  |  soul  ||  and  all  that 
is  wnthin  me,  |  praise  his  |  holy  |  Name. 
Praise  the   Lokd,  |  O  my  |  soul  ||  and  for  |  get 
not  |  all  his  |  benefits: 

Who  forgiveth  |  all  thy  [sin  ||  and  healeth  | 
all  -  |  thine  in  j  firmities ; 

Who  saveth  thy  life  |  from  de  |  struction  || 
and  crowneth  thee  with  |  mercy  and  |  loving  | 
kindness. 

O  praise  the  Lokd,  ye  Angels  of  his,  ye  that 
b*  "l7 


EVENING  PRAYER. 


ex  |  eel  in  |  strength  ||  ye  that  fulfil  his  com- 
mandment, and  hearken  unto  the  |  voice  -  |  of 
his  |  word. 

O  praise  the  Lord,  all  |  ye  his  |  hosts  ||  ye  ser- 
vants of  |  his  that  I  do  his  |  pleasure. 

O  speak  good  01  the  Lord,  all  ye  works  of  his, 
in  all  places  of  |  his  do  |  minion  ||  praise  thou 
the  |  Lord,  -  |  O  my  |  soul. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  Son,  | 
and  j  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  ever 
shall  |  be  |  world  without  |  end  -  |  A  -  |  men. 
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SELECTIONS    OF    PSALMS. 


TO  BE  USED  INSTEAD  OF  THE  PSALMS  FOR  THE  DAY, 
AT  THE  DISCRETION  OF  THE  MINISTER. 


Selection  j?frst. 
Psalm  xix. — Cceli  enarrant. 

THE  heavens  declare  the  |  glory  of  j  God  ||  and 
the  firm  anient  |  showeth  his  |  handy    |  work. 

One  day  |  telleth  an  |  other  ||  and  one  night  | 
certi  |  fieth  an  |  other. 

There  is  neither  |  speech  nor  |  language  ||  but 
their  |  voices  are  |  heard  a  |  mong  them. 

Their  sound  is  gone  out  into  |  all  -  |  lands  || 
and  their  words  into  the  |  ends  -  |  of  the  |  world. 

In  them  hath  he  set  a  tabernacle  |  for  the  | 
sun  ||  which  cometh  forth  as  a  bridegroom  out  of 
his  chamber,  and  rejoiceth  as  a  |  giant  to  |  run 
his  |  course. 

It  goeth  forth  from  the  uttermost  part  of  the 
heaven,  and  runneth  about  unto  the  end  of  |  it  a  | 
gain  ||  and  there  is  nothing  |  hid  from  the  |  heat 
there  |  of. 

The  law  of  the  Lord  is  an  undefiled  law, 
con  |  verting  the  |  soul  ||  the  testimony  of  the 
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Sel.1.]  selections  of  psalms. 


Lord  is  sure,  and  givetli  |  wisdom  |  unto  the  | 
simple. 

The  statutes  of  the  Lord  are  right,  and  re  | 
joice  the  |  heart  ||  the  commandment  of  the  Lord 
is  pure,  and  givetli  |  light  un  |  to  the  |  eyes. 

The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  clean,  and  en  | 
dureth  for  |  ever  i|  the  judgments  of  the  Lord  are 
true,  and  |  righteous  |  alto  |  gether. 

More  to  be  desired  are  they  than  gold,  yea, 
than  |  much  line  |  gold  ||  sweeter  also  than  honey,  | 
and  the  |  honey  |  comb. 

Moreover  by  them  is  thy  |  servant  |  taught  J 
and  in  keeping  of  them  |  there  is  |  great  re  | 
ward. 

Who  can  tell  how  |  oft  he  of  |  fendeth  ||  O 
cleanse  thou  me  |  from  my  |  secret  |  faults. 

Keep  thy  servant  also  from  pre  |  sumptu- 
ous |  sins  ||  lest  they  get  the  do  |  minion  |  over  | 
me. 

Let  the  words  of  my  mouth,  and  the  medi- 
tation |  of  my  |  heart  ||  be  always  ac  |  ceptable  | 
in  thy  |  sight. 

O  |  --  |  Lord  ||  my  |  strength,  and  |  my 
re  |  deemer. 

Psalm  xxiv.    Domini  est  terra. 

THE  earth  is  the  Lord's,  and  all  that  |  therein 
is  ||  the  compass  of  the  world,  and  |  they  that 
dwell  there  |  in. 

For  he  hath  founded  it  up  |  on  the  |  seas  H 
and  prepared  |  it  up  |  on  the  |  Hoods. 

Who  shall  ascend  into  the  |  hill  of  the  |  Lord  J 
or  who  shall  rise  up  |  in  his  |  holy  |  place  ? 
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SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS.  [Sbl.  1. 

Even  lie  that  hath  clean  hands,  and  a  | 
pure  -  |  heart  ||  and  that  hath  not  lift  up  his 
mind  unto  vanity,  nor  |  sworn  to  de  |  ceive  his  | 
neighbor. 

lie  shall  receive  the  blessing  |  from  the  | 
Lord  ||  and  righteousness  from  the  |  God  of  |  his 
sal  |  vation. 

This  is  the  generation  of  |  them  that  ]  seek 
him  ||  even  of  them  that  |  seek  thy  |  face,  O  | 
Jacob. 

Lift  up  your  heads,  O  ye  gates ;  and  be  ye 
lift  up,  ye  ever  |  lasting  |  doors  ||  and  the  King 
of  I  glory  |  shall  come  |  in. 

Who  is  the  |  King  of  |  glory  ||  It  is  the  Lord, 
strong  and  mighty,  even  the  |  Lokd  -  |  mighty  in  | 
battle. 

Lift  up  your  heads,  O  ye  gates ;  and  be  ye 
lift  up,  ye  ever  |  lasting  |  doors  ||  and  the  King 
of  J  glory  |  shall  come  |  in. 

Who  is  the  |  King  of  |  glory  ||  Even  the  Lord 
of  hosts,  |  he  is  the  |  King  of  |  glory. 


Psalm  ciii. — Benedic  anima  mea. 

PEATSE  the  Lord,  |  O  my  |  soul  ||  and  all  that 
is  within  me,  |  praise  his  |  holy  |  Name. 
Praise   the  Lord,  |  O  my  |  soul  ||  and  for  |  get 
not  |  all  his  |  benefits. 

Who  forgiveth  |  all  thy  |  sin  ||  and  healeth  | 
all  -  |  thine  in  |  firmities ; 

Who  saveth  thy  life  |  from  de  |  struction  ||  and 
crowneth  thee  with  |  mercy  and  |  loving  |  kind- 
ness. 

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Sel.  1.]  SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS. 

Who  satisfieth  thy  mouth  with  |  good  - 
things  ||  making  thee  young  and  |  lusty  |  as  an 
eagle. 

The  Lord  executeth  righteousness  |  and  -  | 
judgment  ||  for  all  them  that  |  are  op  |  pressed 
with  |  wrong. 

He  showed  his  ways  |  unto  |  Moses  ||  his  works 
unto  the  |  children  of  |  Isra  |  el. 

The  Lord  is  full  of  com  |  passion  and  |  mercy  || 
long-suffering,  |  and  of  j  great  -  |  goodness. 

lie  will  not  |  alway  be  |  chiding  ||  neither 
keepeth  |  he  his  |  anger  for  |  ever. 

lie  hath  not  dealt  with  us  |  after  our  |  sins  || 
nor  rewarded  us  according  |  to  our  |  wicked  |  ness. 

For  look  how  high  the  heaven  is  in  compari- 
son |  of  the  |  earth  ||  so  great  is  his  mercy  also 
toward  -  |  them  that  |  fear  -  |  him ! 

Look  how  wide  also  the  east  is  |  from  the  | 
west  ||  so  far  hath  he  |  set  our  |  sins  -  |from  us. 

Yea,  like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  |  own  -  |  chil 
dren  ||  even  so  is  the  Lord  merciful  |  unto  |  them 
that  |  fear  him. 

For  he  knoweth  where  |  of  we  are  |  made  ||  he 
remembereth  |  that  we  |  are  but  |  dust. 

The  days  of  man  are  |  but  as  |  grass  ||  for  he 
flourisheth  as  a  |  flower  |  of  the  |  field. 

For  as  soon  as  the  wind  goeth  over  it,  |  it  is  | 
gone  ||  and  the  place  there  |  of  shall  |  know  it 
no  |  more. 

But  the  merciful  goodness  of  the  Lord  enclur- 
eth  for  ever  and  ever  upon  |  them  that  |  fear  him  | 
and  his  righteousness  up  |  on  -  |  children's  |  chil- 
dren ; 

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SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS.  [Sel.  2. 

Even  upon  such  as  |  keep  his  |  covenant  ||  and 
think  upon  his  com  |  niand  -  |  ments  to  |  do  them. 

The  Lord  hath  prepared  his  |  seat  in  |  heaven  || 
and  his  kingdom  |  ruleth  |  over  |  all. 

O  praise  the  Lord,  ye  angels  of  his,  ye  that 
ex  |  eel  in  |  strength  ||  ye  that  fulfil  his  com- 
mandment, and  hearken  unto  the  |  voice  -  |  of 
lis  |  word. 

O  praise  the  Lord,  all  |  ye  his  |  hosts  ||  ye  ser- 
vants of  |  his  that  |  do  his  |  pleasure. 

O  speak  good  of  the  Lord,  all  ye  works  of  his, 
in  all  places  of  |  his  do  |  minion  ||  praise  thou  the  | 
Lord,  -  j  O  my  |  soul. 


Sclcctfon   SccontJ. 
From  Psalm  exxxix. — Domine,  probasti. 

OLORD,  thou  hast  searched  me  |  out,  and  | 
known  me  ||  Thou  knowest  my  down-sitting, 
and  mine  up-rising ;  thou  understandest  my  | 
thoughts  -  |  long  be  |  fore. 

Thou   art   about    my  path,   and   a  |  bout   my  | 
bed  ||  and  |  spiest  out  |  all  my  |  ways. 

For  lo,  there  is  not  a  word  |  in  my  |  tongue  || 
but  thou,  O  Lord,  |  knowest  it  |  alto  |  gether. 

Thou  hast  fashioned  me  behind  J  and  be  |  fore  J 
and  |  laid  thine  |  hand  up  |  on  me. 

Such   knowledge  is  too  wonderful  and  |  excel- 
lent |  for  me  ||  I  cannot  at  |  tain  -  |  unto  |  it. 

Whither  shall  I  go  then  |  from  thy  |  Spirit  ||  or 
whither  shall  I  |  go  then  |  from  thy  |  presence  ? 

If  I  climb  up  into  heaven,  |  thou  art  |  there  \ 
if  I  go  down  to  hell,  |  thou  art  |  there  -  |  also. 
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Sel.  2.]  SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS. 

If  I  take  the  wings  |  of  the  |  morning  ||  and  re- 
main in  the  uttermost  |  parts  -  |  of  the    |  sea ; 

Even  there  also  shall  |  thy  hand  |  lead  me  || 
and  thy  |  right  -  |  hand  shall  |  hold  me. 

If  I  say,  Peradventure  the  |  darkness  shall  |  co- 
ver me  ||  then  shall  my  |  night  be  |  turned  to  |  day. 

Yea,  the  darkness  is  no  darkness  with  thee,  but 
the  night  is  as  clear  |  as  the  |  day  II  the  darkness 
and  light  to  |  thee  are  |  both  a  |  like. 

For  my  |  reins  are  |  thine  ||  thou  hast  covered 
me  |  in  my  |  mother's  j  womb. 

I  will  give  thanks'  unto  thee,  for  I  am  fearful- 
ly and  |  wonderfully  |  made  ||  marvellous  are  thy 
works,  and  that  my  soul  |  knoweth  |  right  -  | 
well. 

My  bones  are  not  |  hid  from  |  thee  ||  though  I 
be  made  secretly,  and  fashioned  be  |  neath  -  |  in 
the  |  earth. 

Thine  eyes  did  see  my  substance,  yet  I  being 
im  |  perfect  ||  and  in  thy  book  were  |  all  my  | 
members  |  written ; 

Which  day  by  |  day  were  |  fashioned  ||  when 
as  |  yet  there  was  |  none  of  |  them. 

How  dear  are  thy  counsels  unto  |  me,  O  |  God  || 
O  how  |  great  is  the  |  sum  of  |  them  ! 

If  I  tell  them,  they  are  more  in  number  |  than 
the  |  sand  ||  when  I  wake  up,  |  I  am  |  present  | 
witli  thee. 

Try  me,  O  God,  and  seek  the  ground  |  of  my  | 
heart  |  prove  me,  |  and  ex  |  amine  my  |  thoughts. 

Look  well  if  there  be  any  way  of  wickedness 
in  -  |  me  ||  and  lead  me  in  the  |  way  -  |  ever 
lasting. 

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SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS.  [Sel.  2 

Psalm  cxlv. — Emltaho  te,  J)eus. 

I  WILL    magnify    thee,    O  |  God,   my  |  King  [ 
and  I  will  praise  thy  |  Name  for  |  ever  and  | 
ever. 

Every  day  will  I  give  thanks  |  unto  |  thee  || 
and  praise  thy  |  Name  for  |  ever  and  |  ever. 

Great  is  the  Lord,  and  marvellous  worthy  | 
to  be  |  praised  ||  there  is  no  |  end  -  |  of  his  |  great- 
ness. 

One  generation  shall  praise  thy  works  un  | 
to  an  |  other  ||  and  de  |  clare  -  |  thy  -  |  power. 

As  for  me,  I  will  be  talking  |  of  thy  |  wor- 
ship ||  thy  glory,  thy  |  praise  and  |  wondrous  | 
works ; 

So  that  men  shall  speak  of  the  might  of 
thy  |  marvellous  |  acts  ||  and  I  will  also  |  tell  -  | 
of  thy  |  greatness.  ■  ■  i 

The  memorial  of  thine  abundant  kindness  | 
shall  be  |  showed  ||  and  men  shall  |  sing  -  |  of 
thy  |  righteousness.  '. 

The  Lord  is  gracious  and  |  merci  |  ful  ||  long- 
suffering,  |  and  of  |  great  -  |  goodness. 

The  Lord  is  loving  unto  |  every  |  man  ||  and 
his  mercy  is  |  over  |  all  his  |  works. 

All  thy  works  praise  |  thee,  O  [  Lord  ||  and 
thy  saints  give  |  thanks  -  |  unto  |  thee. 

They  show  the  glory  |  of  thy  |  kingdom  1 
and  |  talk  -  |  of  thy  |  power; 

That  thy  power,  thy  .^lory,  and  mightiness  | 
of  thy  |  kingdom  ||  might  be  |  known  -  |  unto  I  men. 

Th}'  kingdom  is  an  ever  |  lasting  |  king- 
dom ||  and  thy  dominion  en  |  dureth  through  |  out 
all  |  ages. 

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Sel.  3.]  SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS. 

The  Lord  upholdetli  all  |  sucli  as  |  fall  | 
and  lifteth  up  all  |  those  -  |  that  are  |  down. 

The  eyes  of  all  wait  upon  |  thee,  O  |  Lord  J 
and  thou  givest  them  their  |  meat  in  |  due  -  j 
season. 

Thou  openest  |  thine  -  |  hand  ||  and  fillest  all 
things  |  living  with  |  plenteous  |  ness. 

The  Lord  is  righteous  in  |  all  his  |  ways  | 
and  |  holy  in  |  all  his  |  works. 

The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  all  them  that  |  call 
np  |  on  him  ||  yea,  all  such  as  |  call  up  |  on  him  | 
faithfully. 

He  will  fulfil  the  desire  of  |  them  that  | 
fear  him  ||  lie  also  will  hear  their  |  cry,  -  |  and 
will  |  help  them. 

The  Lord  preserveth  all  |  them  that  |  love 
him  j|  but  scattereth  a  |  broad  all  |  the  un  |  godly 

My  mouth  shall  speak  the  praise  |  of  the 
Lord  ||  and  let  all  flesh  give  thanks  unto  his  holy 
Name  for  I  ever  and  I  ever. 


H 


Sclectfoti   &!)fvU. 

From  Psalm  li. — Miserere  mei,  Deus. 

AVE  mercy  upon  me,  O  God,  after  thy  ||  great- 1 
goodness  ||  according  to  the  multitude  of  thy 
mercies  do  a  |  way  -  |  mine  of  |  fences. 

Wash    me     throughly   |   from     my   |   wicked- 
ness ||  and  |  cleanse  me  |  from  my  |  sin. 

For    I    ac  |  knowledge    my  |  faults  ||  and  my  | 
sin  is  |  ever  be  |  fore  me. 

Against   thee   only   have   I   sinned,   and   done 
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this  evil  |  in  thy  |  sight  ||  that  thou  mightest  be 
justified  in  thy  saying,  and  |  clear  when  |  thou 
art  |  judged. 

Behold,  I  was  |  shapen  in  |  wickedness  ||  and 
in  sin  hath  my  |  mother  con  |  ceived  |  me. 

But  lo,  thou  requirest  truth  in  the  |  inward  | 
parts  ||  and  shalt  make  me  to  understand  |  wis- 
dom |  secret  |  ly. 

Thou  shalt  purge  me  with  hyssop,  and  I  | 
shall  be  |  clean  ||  thou  shalt  wash  me,  and  I  shall 
be  |  whi  -  |  ter  than  |  snow. 

Thou  shalt  make  me  hear  of  |  joy  and  |  glad- 
ness ||  that  the  bones  which  thou  hast  |  broken  | 
may  re  |  joice. 

Turn  thy  face  |  from  my  |  sins  ||  and  put  out  | 
all  -  |  my  mis  |  deeds. 

Make  me  a  clean  |  heart,  O  |  God  ||  and  renew 
a  |  right  -  |  spirit  with  |  in  me. 

Cast  me  not  away  |  from  thy  |  presence  ||  and 
take  not  thy  |  Holy  |  Spirit  |  from  me. 

O  give  me  the  comfort  of  thy  |  help  a  |  gain  || 
and  stablish  me  |  with  thy  |  free  -  |  Spirit. 

Then  shall  1  teach  thy  ways  un  |  to  the 
wicked  ||  and  sinners  shall  be  con  |  verted  |  unto 
thee. 

Deliver  me  from  blood-guiltiness,  O  God,  thou 
that  art  the  God  j  of  my  |  health  |  and  my  tongue 
shall  |  sing  -  |  of  thy  |  righteousness. 

Thou  shalt  open  my  |  lips,  O  |  Lord  ||  and  my  | 
mouth  shall  |  show  thy  |  praise. 

For  thou  desirest  no  sacrifices,  else  would  I  | 
give  it  |  thee  ||  but  thou  delightest  |  not  -  |  in 
burnt  |  otferings. 

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Ssl.  3.]  SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS. 

The  sacrifice  of  God  is  a  |  troubled  |  spirit  fl 
a  broken  and  contrite  heart,  O  God,  J  shalt  thou  | 
not  de  |  spise. 


From  Psalm  xlii. — Quemadmodum. 

1IKE  as  the  hart  desireth  the  |  water  |  brooks  [ 
J  so  longeth  my  soul  |  after  |  thee,  O  |  God. 

My  soul  is  at  hirst  for  God,  yea,  even  for  the  ) 
living  |  God  ||  when  shall  I  come  to  appear 
be  |  fore  the  j  presence  of  |  God? 

Mv  tears  have  been  my  meat  |  day  and  | 
night  ||  while  they  daily  say  unto  me,  |  Where 
is  |  now  thy  |  God  % 

I^ow  when  I  think  thereupon,  I  pour  out  my 
heart  |  by  my  |  self  ||  for  I  went  with  the  multi- 
tude, and  brought  them  forth  in  |  to  the  |  house 
of  |  God; 

In  the  voice  of  |  praise  and  |  thanksgiving  | 
among  such  as  |  keep  -  |  holy  |  day. 

Why  art  thou  so  full  of  heaviness,  |  O  my  I 
soul  ||  and  why  art  thou  so  dis  |  quieted  |  with- 
in me  ? 

Put  thy  |  trust  in  |  God  |l  for  I  will  yet  give 
him  thanks  for  the  |  help  -  |  of  his  |  counte- 
nance. 

The  Lord  hath  granted  his  loving-kindness  I 
in  the  |  day-time  ||  and  in  the  night-season  did  I 
sing  of  him,  and  made  my  prayer  |  un  |  to  the  | 
God  of  my  |  life. 

I  will  say  unto  the  God  of  my  strength,  Why 
hast   thou    for  |  gotten    |    me  ||  why    go    I    thus 
heavily,  while  the  |  enemy  op  |  presseth  |  me  ? 
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Namely,  while  they  say  daily  |  unto  |  me  || 
Where  |  -  is  |  now  thy  |  God  ? 

Why  art  thou  so  vexed,  |  O  my  soul  ||  and 
why  art  thou  so  dis  |  quieted  |  with  |  in  me? 

6  put  thy  |  trust  in  |  God  ||  for  I  will  yet 
thank  him,  which  is  the  help  of  my  |  counte- 
nance, |  and  my  |  God. 


Seltctfon  iFouttt). 
Psalm  xxxvii. — Noli  cemulari. 

FRET  not  thyself  because  of  the  |  un-  |  godly  I 
neither  be  thou  envious  a  |  gainst  the  |  evil  j 
doers. 

For  they  shall  soon  be  cut  down  |  like  the 
grass  ||  and  be  withered  even  |  as  the  |  green 
herb. 

Put  thou  thy  trust  in  the  Lord,  and  be  | 
doing  |  good  ||  dwell  in  the  land,  and  |  verily 
thou  shalt  be  |  fed. 

Delight  thou  |  in  the  |  Lord,  and  he  shall  | 
give  thee  thy  |  heart's  de  |  sire. 

Commit  thy  way  unto  the  Lord,  and  put  thy 
trust  in  |  him  ||  and  |  he  shall  |  bring  it  to 
pass. 

He  shall  make  thy  righteousness  as  |  clear  as 
the  |  light  H  and  thy  just  |  dealing  |  as  the  |  noon- 
day. 

Hold  thee  still  in  the  Lord,  and  abide  |  patient- 
ly up  |  on  him  ||  but   grieve  not  thyself  at   him 
whose  way  doth   prosper,  against   the  man   that 
doeth  |  after  |  evil  |  counsels, 
c*  29 


Sel.  4.]  SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS. 

Leave  off  from  wrath,  and  let  |  go  dis  |  plea- 
sure ||  fret  not  thyself,  else  shalt  thou  be  |  moved  | 
to  do  |  evil. 

Wicked  doers  shall  be  |  rooted  |  out  ||  and  they 
that  patiently  abide  the  Loud,  |  those  shall  in  | 
herit  the  |  land. 

Yet  a  little  while,  and  the  ungodly  shall  be  | 
clean  -  |  gone  ||  thou  shalt  look  after  his  place, 
and  |  he  shall  |  be  a  |  way. 

But  the  meek-spirited  shall  pos  |  sess  the 
earth  ||  and  shall  be  refreshed  in  the  |  multi 
tude  of  |  peace. 

The  ungodly  seeketh  counsel  a  |  gainst  the 
just  ||  and  gnasheth  up  |  on  him  |  with  his 
teeth.  * 

The  Lord  shall  |  laugh  him  to  |  scorn  ||  for  he 
hath  |  seen  that  his  |  day  is  |  coming. 

The  ungodly  have  drawn  out  the  sword,  and 
have  |  bent  their  |  bow  ||  to  cast  down  the  poor 
and  needy,  and  to  slay  such  as  are  of  a  |  right  -  | 
conver  |  sation. 

Their  sword  shall  go  through  their  |  own  -  | 
heart  ||  and  their  |  bow  -(shall  be  |  broken. 

A  small  thing  that  the  |  righteous  |  hath  ||  is 
better  than  great  |  riches  of  |  the  un  |  godly. 

For  the  arms  of  the  ungodly  |  shall  be  |  brok- 
en ||  and  the  |  Lord  up  |  holdeth  the  |  righteous. 

The  Lord  knoweth  the  days  |  of  the  |  godly  [ 
and  their  inheritance  |  shall  en  |  dure  for  |  ever. 

They  shall  not  be  confounded  in  the  |  peril- 
ous |  time  ||  and  in  the  days  of  dearth  |  they 
shall  |  have  e  |  nough. 

As  for  the  ungodly,  they  shall  perish,  and  the 
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SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS.  [Sel.  4. 

enemies  of  the  Lord  shall  consume  as  the  |  fat 
of  |  lambs  ||  yea,  even  as  the  smoke  shall  |  they 
con  |  sume  a  |  way. 

The  ungodly  borroweth,  and  payeth  |  not  a 
gain  ||  but  the  righteous  is  |  merci  |  ful  and 
liberal. 

Such  as  are  blessed  of  God  shall  pos  |  sess 
the  |  land  ||  and  they"  that  are  cursed  of  him,  | 
shall  be  |  rooted  |  out. 

The  Lord  ordereth  a  |  good  man's  |  going  || 
and  maketh  his  way  ac  |  ceptable  |  to  him  |  self. 

Though  he  fall,  he  shall  not  be  |  cast  a  |  way  | 
for  the  Lord  up  |  holdeth  him  |  with  his  |  hand. 

I  have  been  young,  and  |  now  am  |  old  ||  and 
yet  saw  I  never  the  righteous  forsaken,  nor 
his  |  seed  -  |  begging  their  |  bread. 

The  righteous  is  ever  merciful,  |  and  -  |  lend- 
eth  ||  and  |  his  -  |  seed  is  |  blessed. 

Flee  from  evil,  and  do  the  thing  |  that  is  | 
good  ||  and  |  dwell  for  |  ever  |  more. 

For  the  Lord  loveth  the  thing  |  that  is  |  right  || 
he  forsaketh  not  his  that  be  godly,  but  they  |  are 
pre  |  served  for  |  ever. 

The  unrighteous  1  shall  be  |  punished  ||  as  for 
the  seed  of  the  ungodly,  it  |  shall  be  |  rooted  | 
out. 

The  righteous  shall  in  |  herit  the  |  land  ||  and  | 
dwell  there  |  in  for  |  ever. 

The  mouth  of  the  righteous  is  exercised  |  in  - 
wisdom  ||  and  his  tongue  |  will  be  |  talking  of 
judgment. 

The   law   of   his   God   is  |  in  his  |  heart  ||  and 
his  |  goings  |  shall  not  |  slide, 
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Sel.5.]  SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS. 

The  ungodly  |  seeth  the  |  righteous  ||  and  | 
seeketh  oc  |  casion  to  |  slay  him. 

The  Lord  will  not  leave  him  |  in  his  |  hand  || 
nor  con  |  demn  him  |  when  he  is  |  judged. 

Hope  thou  in  the  Lord,  and  keep  his  way,  and 
he  shall  promote  thee,  that  thou  shalt  pos  |  sess 
the  |  land  ||  when  the  ungodly  shall  j  perish,  | 
thou  shalt  |  see  it. 

I  myself  have  seen  the  ungodly  in  |  great  -  | 
power  ||  and  flourishing  |  like  a  green  |  bay 
tree. 

I  went  by,  and  |  lo,  he  was  |  gone  ||  I  sought 
him,  but  his  place  could  |  no  -  |  where  be  | 
found. 

Keep  innocency,  and  take  heed  unto  the  thing 
that  is  |  right  ||  for  that  shall  bring  a  man 
peace  -  |  at  the  |  last. 

As  for  the  transgressors,  they  shall  |  perish 
to  |  gether  \\  and  the  end  of  the  ungodly  is,  they 
shall  be  |  rooted  |  out  at  the  |  last. 

But  the  salvation  of  the  righteous  cometh  | 
of  the  |  Lord  ||  who  is  also  their  strength  |  in 
the  |  time  of  |  trouble. 

And  the  Lord  shall  stand  |  by  them  and  |  save 
them  ||  he  shall  deliver  them  from  the  ungodly, 
and  shall  save  them,  because  they  |  put  their  | 
trust  in  |  him. 


jSelcctfon  jmtk 
Psalm  i. — Beatus  vir,  qui  non  abiit. 

BLESSED  is  the  man  that  hath  not  walked  in 
the  counsel  of  the  ungodly,  nor  stood  in  the  | 
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SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS.  [Sel.  5. 

way  of  |  sinners  ||  and  hath  not  sat  in  the  |  seat  -  | 
of  the  |  scornful. 

But  his  delight  is  in  the  law  |  of  the  |  Lord  | 
and  in  his  law  will  he  exercise  him  |  self  -  |  day 
and  |  night. 

And  he  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by  the 
water  |  side  ||  that  will  bring  forth  his  |  fruit  - 
in  due  |  season. 

His  leaf  also  |  shall  not  |  wither  ||  and  look, 
whatsoever  he  |  doeth,  |  it  shall  |  prosper. 

As  for  the  ungodly,  it  is  not  |  with  |  them  | 
but  they  are  like  the  chaff,  which  the  wind  scat- 
tereth  away  |  from  the  |  face  of  the  |  earth. 

Therefore  the  ungodly  shall  not  be  able  to 
stand  |  in  the  |  judgment  ||  neither  the  sinners  in 
the  congrej  gation  |  of  the  |  righteous. 

But  the  Lord  knoweth  the  way  |  of  the  |  right- 
eous ||  and  the  way  of  the  un  |  godly  |  shall  -  | 
perish. 

Psalm  xv. — Domine,  quis  habitabit  ? 

LORD,  who   shall  dwell  |  in    thy  |  tabernacle  ( 
or  who  shall  rest  up  |  on  thy  |  holy  |  hill  ? 
Even  he  that  leadeth  an  |  uncorrupt  |  life  ||  and 
doeth  the  thing  which  is  right,  and  speaketh  the  | 
truth  -  |  from  his  |  heart. 

He  that  hath  used  no  deceit  in  his  tongue,  nor 
done  evil  |  to  his  |  neighbour  i|  and  |  hath  not  | 
slandered  his  |  neighbour. 

He  that  setteth  not  by  himself,  but  is  lowly 
in  |  his  own  |  eyes  ||  and  maketh  much  of  |  them 
that  |  fear  the  |  Lord. 

He  that  sweareth  unto  his  neighbour,  and  disap  | 
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Sel.  5.]  SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS. 

pointeth  him  |  not  ||  though  it  |  were  to  |  his 
own  |  hindrance. 

He  that  hath  not  given  his  money  up  |  on  -  | 
usury  ||  nor  taken  re  |  ward  a  |  gainst  the  |  in- 
nocent. 

Whoso  doeth  I  these  -  I  things  ||  shall  I  nev  -  I 
er  -  I  fall. 


Psalm  xci. — Qui  habitat. 

WHOSO  dwelleth   under  the  defence  of  the  | 
Most  -  j  High  ||  shall  abide  under  the  |  sha- 
dow of  |  the  Al  |  mighty. 

I  will  say  unto  the  Lord,  Thou  art  my  hope, 
and  |  my  strong  |  hold  ||  my  God,  in  |  him  -  |  will 
I  |  trust. 

For  he  shall  deliver  thee  from  the  |  snare  of 
the  |  hunter  ||  and  |  from  the  |  noisome  |  pesti- 
lence. 

He  shall  defend  thee  under  his  wings,  and  thou 
shalt  be  safe  |  under  his  I  feathers  ||  his  faithful- 
ness and  truth  shall  |  be  thy  |  shield  and  |  buck- 
ler. 

Thou  shalt  not  be  afraid  for  any  |  terror  by 
night  ||  nor  for  the  |  arrow  that  |  flieth  by  |  day ; 

For  the  pestilence  that  |  walketh  in  |  darkness  || 
nor  for  the  sickness   that  de  |  stroyeth  |  in   the 
noonday. 

A  thousand  shall  fall  beside  thee,  and  ten: 
thousand  at  |  thy  right  |  hand  ||  but  it  shall  |  not 
come  |  nigh  -  |  thee. 

Yea,    with   thine   eyes  shalt  |  thou  be  |  hold 
and  see  the  re  I  ward  of  I  the  un  |  godly. 
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For  thou,  Lord,  |  art  my  |  hope  ||  thou  hast  set 
thine  house  of  de  [  fence  -  |  very  |  high. 

There  shall  no  evil  happen  |  unto  |  thee  ||  nei- 
ther shall  any  |  plague  come  |  nigh  thy  |  dwelling. 

For  he  shall  give  his  angels  charge  |  over  | 
thee  ||  to  |  keep  thee  |  in  all  thy  |  ways. 

They  shall  bear  thee  |  in  their  |  hands  ||  that 
thou  hurt  not  thy  |  foot  a  |  gainst  a  |  stone. 

Thou  shalt  go  upon  the  |  lion  and  |  adder  ||  the 
young  lion  and  the  dragon  shalt  thou  |  tread  -  | 
under  thy  |  feet. 

Because  he  hath  set  his  love  upon  me,  therefore 
will  |  I  de  |  liver  him  ||  I  will  set  him  up,  be  | 
cause  he  hath  |  known  my  |  Name. 

He  shall  call  upon  me,  and  |  I  will  |  hear  him  J 
yea,  I  am  with  him  in  trouble ;  I  will  deliver  him, 
and  |  bring  -  |  him  to  |  honor. 

With  long  life  will  I  |  satis  |  fy  him  ||  and  | 
show  him  |  my  sal  |  vation. 


Selectfon  SfjrtlJ. 
From  Psalm  xxxii. — Beati,  quorum. 

BLESSED    is    he   whose    unrighteousness  |  is 
for  |  given  ||  and  |  whose  -  |  sin  is  |  covered. 
Blessed  is  the  man  unto  whom  the  Lord  im  | 
puteth   no  |  sin  ||  and   in  whose  |  spirit   there  |  is 
no  |  guile. 

I  will  acknowledge  my  sin  |  unto  |  thee  ||  and 
mine  unrighteousness  |  have  I  |  not  -  |  hid. 

I  said,  I  will  confess  my  sins  un  |  to  thee  I 
Lord  ||  and  so  thou  forgavest  the  |  wickedness  | 
of  my  |  sin. 

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Sel.  6.]  SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS. 

For  this  shall  every  one  that  is  godly  make  his 
prayer  unto  thee,  in  a  time  when  thou  |  may  est 
be  |  found  ||  but  in  the  great  water-floods  |  they 
shall  |  not  come  |  nigh  him. 

Thou  art  a  place  to  hide  me  in ;  thou  shalt  pre- 
serve |  me  from  |  trouble  ||  thou  shalt  compass 
me  about  with  |  songs  -  |  of  de  |  liverance. 

I  will  inform  thee,  and  teach  thee  in  the  way 
wherein  |  thou  shalt  |  go  ||  and  I  will  |  guide 
thee  |  with  mine  |  eye. 

Great  plagues  remain  |  for  the  un  |  godly  ||  but 
whoso  putteth  his  trust  in  the  Lord,  mercy  em- 
braceth  |  him  on  |  every  |  side. 

Be  glad,  O  ye  righteous,  and  re  |  joice  in  the  | 
Lord  ||  and  be  joyful,  all  |  ye  that  are  |  true 
of  I  heart. 


o 


Psalm  cxxx. — De  profundis. 

UT  of  the  deep  have  I  called  unto  |   thee,  0  | 
Lord  ||  Lord,  |  hear  -  |  my  -  |  voice. 

0  let  thine  ears  con  |  sider  |  well  ||  the  |  voice 
of  |  my  com  |  plaint. 

If  thou,  Lord,  wilt  be  extreme  to  mark  what 
is  |  done  a  |  miss  ||  O  Lord,  |  who  -  |  may  a  | 
bide  it  ? 

For  there  is  mercy  wTith  |  thee  ||  therefore  | 
shalt  -  |  thou  be     feared. 

1  look  for  the  Lord  ;  my  soul  doth  J  wait  for  | 
him  ||  in  his  |  word  -  |  is  my  |  trust. 

My  soul  ileeth  un  [  to  the  |  Lord  ||  before  the 
morning  watch ;  I  say,  be  |  fore  the  |  morning  | 
watch. 


SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS.  [Sel.  7. 


O    Israel,   trust   in   the    Lord  ;    for   with    the 
Lord  |  there    is  |   mercy  ||  and   with   |    him    is 
plenteous  re  |  demption. 

And  he  shall  re  |  deem  -  |  Israel  ||  from  |  all  - 
his  |  sins. 

Psalm  cxxi. — Levavi  oculos  meos. 

I  WILL   lift   np  mine  eyes  un  |  to  the  |  hills  | 
from  |  whence  -  |  cometh  my  |  help. 

My  help  cometh  even  |  from  the  |  Lord  ||  who 
hath  |  made  -  |  heaven  and  |  earth. 

He  will   not  suffer  thy  foot  |  to   be  |  moved 
and  he  that  |  keepeth  thee  |  will  not  |  sleep. 

Behold,    he     that   |    keepeth   |    Israel  |j  shall 
neither  |  slumber  nor  |  sleep. 

The  Lord  himself  |  is  thy  |  keeper  ||  the  Lord 
is  thy  defence  up  |  on  thy  |  right  -  |  hand ; 

So  that  the  sun  shall  not  |  burn  thee  by  |  day  \ 
neither  the    |  moon  -  |  by  -  |  night. 

The  Lord  shall  preserve  thee  |  from  all  |  evil  | 
yea,  it  is  even  |  he  that  shall  |  keep  thy  |  soul. 

The  Lord  shall  preserve  thy  going  out,  and 
thy  |  coming  |  in  ||  from  this  time  |  forth  for  | 
ever  I  more. 


Sclectton  Sbebentf). 
Psalm  xxiii. — Dominus  regit  me. 

THE   Lord  |  is    my  |  shepherd  ||  therefore  |  can 
I  |  lack  -  J  nothing. 
He  shall  feed  me  in  a  |  green  -  |  pasture  ||  and 
lead  me  forth  be  |  side  the  |  waters  of  |  comfort. 
He  shall    con  |  vert   my  |  soul  ||  and 
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forth  in  the  paths  of  righteousness  |  for  his  | 
Name's  -  |  sake. 

Yea,  though  I  walk  through  the  valley  of  the 
shadow  of  death,  I  will  |  fear  no  |  evil  ||  for  thou 
art  with  me;  thy  rod  and  thy  |  staff-  |  comfort  |  me. 

Thou  shalt  prepare  a  table  before  me  against  | 
them  that  |  trouble  me  ||  thou  hast  anointed  my 
head  with  oil  |  and  my  cup  |  shall  be  |  full. 

But  thy  loving-kindness  and  mercy  shall  follow 
me  all  the  days  |  of  my  |  life  ||  and  I  will  dwell 
in  the  house  |  of  the  |  Lord  for  |  ever. 

Psalm  xxxiv. — Benedicam  Domino. 

I  AY  ILL  always  give  thanks  un  j  to  the  |  Lord  || 
his  praise  shall  |  ever  be  |  in  my  |  mouth. 
My  soul  shall  make  her  boast  |  in  the  |  Lord  | 
the  humble  shall  |  hear  there  |  of,  and  be  |  glad. 

0  praise  the  |  Lord  with  |  me  ||  and  let  us 
magni  |  fv  his  |  Name  to  |  gether. 

1  sought  the  Lord  |  and  he  |  heard  me  ||  yea, 
he  delivered  me  |  out  of  |  all  my  |  fear. 

They  had  an  eye  unto  him,  |  and  were  |  light- 
ened ||  and  their  |  faces  were  j  not  a  |  shamed. 

Lo,  the  poor  crieth,  and  the  Lord  |  heareth  | 
him  ||  yea,  and  saveth  him  |  out  of  |  all  his  |  trou- 
bles. 

The  angel  of  the  Lord  tarrieth  round  about 
them  that  |  fear  him  ||  and  de  |  liv  -  |  ereth 
them. 

O  taste,  and  see,  how  gracious  the  |  Lord  -  | 
is  ||  blessed  is  the  |  man  that  |  trusteth  in  |  him. 

O  fear  the  Lord,  ye  that  |  are  his  |  saints  ||  for 
they  that  |  fear  him  |  lack  -  |  nothing. 


SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS.  [Sel.  7. 


The  lions  do  lack,  and  |  suffer  |  hunger  ||  but 
they  who  seek  the  Lord  shall  want  no  manner 
Df  |  thing  -  |  that  is  |  good. 

Come,  ye  children,  and  hearken  [  unto  |  me  f 
I  will  teach  you  the  |  fear  -  |  of  the  |  Lord. 

What  man  is  he  that  |  lusteth  to  |  live  ||  and 
would  |  fain  see  |  good  -  |  days  ? 

Keep  thy  |  tongue  from  |  evil  ||  and  thy  |  lips, 
that  they  |  speak  no  |  guile. 

Eschew  evil,  |  and  do  |  good  ||  seek  |  peace,  -  | 
and  en  |  sue  it. 

The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  |  over  the  |  righteous  \ 
and  his  ears  are  |  open  un  |  to  their  |  prayers. 

The  countenance  of  the  Lord  is  against  them  | 
that  do  J  evil  ||  to  root  out  the  remembrance  |  of 
them  |  from  the  |  earth. 

The  righteous  cry,  and  the  Lord  |  heareth 
them  ||  and  delivereth  them  |  out  of  |  all  their 
troubles. 

The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  them  that  are  of  a  |  con- 
trite |  heart  1|  and  will  save  such  as  be  |  of  an  | 
humble  |  spirit. 

Great  are  the  troubles  |  of  the  |  righteous  ||  but 
the  Lord  de  |  livereth  him  |  out  of  |  all. 

He  keepeth  |  all  his  |  bones  ||  so  that  not  |  one 
of  |  them  is  |  broken. 

But  misfortune  shall  |  slay  the  un  |  godly  ||  and 
they  that  hate  the  |  righteous  |  shall  be  |  deso- 
late. 

The   Lord   delivereth    the   souls  |  of   his  |  ser- 
vants ||  and  all  they  that  put  their  trust  in  |  him 
shall  |  not  be  I  destitute. 
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Psalm  lxv. — Te  decet  hymnus. 

THOU,  O  God,  art  |  praised  in  |  Sion  ||  and  unto 
thee   shall   the   vow  be  per  |  formed  |  in  Je  | 
rusalem.  i 

Thou  that  |  hearest  the  j  prayer  ||  unto  |  thoe 
shall  |  all  flesh  |  come. 

My  misdeeds  pre  |  vail  a  |  gainst  me  ||  O  be  thoi  1 
merciful  |  un  -  |  to  our  |  sins. 

Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou  choosest,  and 
receivest  |  unto  |  thee  ||  he  shall  dwell  in  thy 
court,  and  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  pleasures  of 
thy  house,  even  |  of  thy  |  holy  |  temple. 

Thou  shalt  show  us  wonderful  things  in  thy 
righteousness,  O  God  of  |  our  sal  |  vation  ||  thou 
that  art  the  hope  of  all  ths  ends  of  the  earth,  and 
of  them  that  re  I  main  in  the  |  broad  -  |  sea. 

Who  in  his  strength  setteth  |  fast  the  |  moun- 
tains ||  and  is  |  girded  a  |  bout  with  |  power. 

"Who  stilleth  the  raging  |  of  the  |  sea  ||  and  the 
noise  of  his  waves,  and  the  |  madness  |  of  the  | 
people. 

They  also  that  dwell  in  the  uttermost  parts  of 
the  earth  shall  be  afraid  |  of  thy  |  tokens  ||  thou 
that  makest  the  outgoings  of  the  |  morning  and  | 
evening  to  |  praise  thee. 

Thou  visitest  the  earth,  and  |  blessest  |  it  || 
thou  |  makest  it  |  very  |  plenteous. 

The  river  of  God  is  |  full  of  |  water  ||  thou  pre- 
parest  their  corn,  for  so  thou  pro  |  videst  |  for 
the  |  earth. 

Thou  waterest  her  furrows ;   thou  sendest  rain 
into  the  little  |  valleys  there  |  of  ||  thou  makest  it 
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soft  with  the  drops  of  rain,  and  j  blessest  the  |  in- 
crease |  of  it. 

Thou  crownest  the  year  |  with  thy  |  goodness  [ 
and  thy  |  clouds  -  |  drop  -  |  fatness. 

They  shall  drop  upon  the  dwellings  |  of  the  | 
wilderness  ||  and  the  little  hills  shall  re  |  joice 
on  |  every  |  side. 

The  folds  shall  be  |  full  of  |  sheep  ||  the  valleys 
also  shall  stand  so  thick  with  corn,  that  |  they 
shall  |  laugh  and  |  sing. 


Selectfon  liffllUt). 
From  Psalm  lxxxiv. — Quam  dilecta. 

OHO  W   amiable  |  are   thy  |  dwellings  |j  thou  | 
Lord  -  |  -of  |  hosts ! 

My  soul  hath  a  desire  and  longing  to  enter  into 
the  |  courts  of  the  |  Lord  ||  my  heart  and  my 
flesh  re  |  joice  in  the  |  living  |  God. 

Yea,  the  sparrow  hath  found  her  an  house,  and 
the   swallow   a   nest,   where   she   may  |  lay  her 
young  ||  even   thy  altars,    O  Lord  of  hosts,  my 
King  -  |  and  my  |  God. 

Blessed  are  they  that  |  dwell  in  thy  |  house  || 
they  will  be  |  alway  j  praising  |  thee. 

Blessed  is  the  man  whose  strength  |  is  in  | 
thee  ||  in  wdiose  |  heart  -  |  are  thy  |  ways. 

Who  going  through  the  vale  of  misery  use  it  I 
for  a  |  well  ||  and  the  |  pools  are  |  tilled  with  | 
water. 

They  will  go  from  |  strength  to  |  strength  || 
and  unto  the  God  of  gods  appeareth  every  [one 
of  |  them  in  |  Sion. 

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Sel.8.]  SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS. 

0  Lord  God  of  hosts,  |  hear  my  |  prayer  | 
hearken,  |  O  -  |  God  of  |  Jacob. 

For  one  day  in  |  thy  -  |  courts  ||  is  |  better  | 
than  a  |  thousand. 

1  had  rather  be  a  door-keeper  in  the  |  house  of 
my  |  God  ||  than  to  dwell  in  the  |  tents  -  |  of 
un  |  godliness. 

For  the  Lord  God  is  a  light  and  defence ;  the 
Lord  will  give  |  grace  and  |  worship  ||  and  no 
good  thing  shall  he  withhold  from  them  that  | 
live  a  |  godly  |  life. 

O  Lord  |  God  of  |  hosts  ||  blessed  is  the  man 
that  |  putteth  his  |  trust  in  |  thee. 

Psalm  lxxxv. — Benedixisti,  Domine. 

LORD,  thou  art  become  gracious  un  |  to  thy 
land  ||  thou  hast  turned  away  the  cap  |  tivi 
ty  of  |  Jacob. 

Thou  hast  forgiven  the  offence  |  of  thy  |  peo- 


sms. 

thy  dis  |  pleasure  || 


pie  ||  and  |  covered  |  all  their 

Thou  hast  taken  away  all 
and   turned   thyself  from   thy  |  wrathful  |  indig 
nation. 

Turn  us,  then,  O  |  God,  our  |  Saviour  ||  and  let 
thine  |  anger  |  cease  from  |  us. 

Wilt  thou  be  displeased  at  |  us  for  |  ever  ||  and 
wilt  thou  stretch  out  thy  wrath  from  one  gene  | 
ration  |  to  an  |  other? 

Wilt  thou  not  turn  a  |  gain,  and  |  quicken  us  | 
that  thy  people  |  may  re  |  joice  in  |  thee  ? 

Show  us  thy  |  mercy,  O  -  |  Lord  ||  and  |  grant 
us  |  thy  sal  |  vation. 

1  will   hearken  what   the   Lord   God   will  say 
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con  |  cerning  |  me  ||  for  he  shall  speak  peace  unto 
his  people,  and  to  his  saints,  |  that  they  |  turn 
not  a  |  gain. 

For  his  salvation  is  nigh  |  them  that  |  fear 
him  1 1  that  glory  may  |  dwell  -  |  in  our  |  land. 

Mercy  and  truth  are  |  met  to  |  gether  ||  right- 
eousness and  |  peace  have  |  kissed  each  |  other. 

Truth  shall  nourish  out  |  of  the  |  earth  ||  and 
righteousness  hath  |  looked  |  down  from  |  heaven. 

Yea,  the  Loed  shall  show  |  loving  |  kindness  || 
and  our  |  land  shall  |  give  her  |  increase. 

Righteousness  shall  |  go  be  |  fore  him  ||  and  he 
shall  direct  his  |  going  |  in  the  |  way. 

Psalm  xciii. — Dominus  regnavit. 

THE  Loud  is  King,  and  hath  put  on  |  glorious 
ap  |  parel  ||  the  Lokd  hath  put  on  his  apparel, 
and  |  girded  him  |  self  with  |  strength. 

He  hath  made  the  round  |  world  so  |  sure  J 
that  it  |  can  -  |  not  be  |  moved. 

Ever  since  the  world  began  hath  thy  seat  , 
been  pre  |  pared  ||  thou  |  art  from  |  ever  |  lasting. 

The  floods  are  risen,  O  Lokd,  the  floods  have  lift  | 
up  their  |  voice  ||  the  |  floods  lift  |  up  their  |  waves. 

The  waves  of  the  sea  are  mighty,  and  |  rage  - 
horribly  ||  but  yet  the  Lokd,  who  |  dwelleth  on 
high,  is  |  mightier. 

Thy  testimonies,  O  Lokd,  are  |  very  |  sure  [ 
holiness  be  |  cometh  thine  |  house  for  |  ever. 

Psalm  xcvii. — Dominus  regnavit. 

THE   Lord   is   King,   the   earth  may   be  |  glad 
there  |  of||yea,    the   multitude   of   the  isles  | 
mav  be  |  glad  there  |  of. 
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Sel.8.]  SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS. 

Clouds  and  darkness  are  |  round  a  |  bout  him  || 
righteousness  and  judgment  are  the  habi  |  ta- 
tion  |  of  his  |  seat. 

There  shall  go  a  |  iire  be  |  fore  him  ||  and  burn 
up  his  enemies  |  on  -  |  every  |  side. 

His  lightnings  gave  shine  un  |  to  the  |  world  | 
the  earth  |  saw  it,  and  |  was  a  |  fraid. 

The  hills  melted  like  wax  at  the  presence  |  of 
the  |  LoiiD  ||  at  the  presence  of  the  Lord  |  of  the  | 
whole  -  |  earth. 

The  heavens  have  de  |  clared  his  I  righteous- 
ness ||  and  all  the  |  people  have  |  seen  his  |  glory. 

Confounded  be  all  they  that  worship  carved 
images,  and  that  delight  in  |  vain  -  |  gods  ||  wor- 
ship |  him,  -  |  all  ye  |  gods. 

Sion  heard  of  it,  |  and  re  |  joiced  ||  and  the 
daughters  of  Judah  were  glad,  because  of  thy  I 
judgments,  |  O  —  |  Lord. 

For  thou,  Lord,  art  higher  than  all  that  are  |  in 
the  |  earth  ||  thou  art  exalted  |  far  a  |  bove  all  |  gods. 

O  ye  that  love  the  Lord,  see  that  ye  hate  the 
thing  |  which  is  |  evil  ||  the  Lord  preserveth  the 
souls  of  his  saints ;  he  shall  deliver  them  from 
the  |  hand  of  |  the  un  |  godly. 

There  is  sprung  up  a  |  light  |  for  the  |  right- 
eous ||  and  joyful  gladness  for  j  such  as  |  are  true  | 
hearted. 

Rejoice  in  the  |  Lord,  ye  |  righteous  ||  and  give 
thanks  for  a  re  I  membrance  I  of  his  I  holiness. 


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Selection  Xfntjfc 
Psalm  viii. — Domine,  Dominus  noster. 

OLORD,    our   Governor,  how  excellent  is  thy 
Name  in  |  all  the  |  world  ||  thou  that  hast  set 
thy  |  glory  a  |  hove  the  |  heavens ! 

Out  of  the  mouth  of  very  babes  and  sucklings, 
hast  thou   ordained  strength,  because  |  of  thine 
enemies  ||  that   thou   mightest    still    the    enemy 
and  -  |  the  a  |  venger. 

For  I  will  consider  thy  heavens,  even  the 
works  |  of  thy  |  lingers  ||  the  moon  and  the  stars  | 
which  thou  |  hast  or  |  dained. 

AVhat  is  man,  that  thou  art  J  mindful  of 
him  ||  and  the  son  of  man,  |  that  thou  j  visitest 
him  ? 

Thou  madest  him  lower  |  than  the  |  angels  | 
to  crown  him  with  |  glo  -  |  ry  and  |  worship. 

Thou  makest  him  to  have  dominion  of  the 
works  |  of  thy  |  hands  ||  and  thou  hast  put  all 
things  in  sub  |  jection  |  under  his  |  feet ; 

All  |  sheep  and  |  oxen  ||  yea,  and  the  |  beasts  -  | 
of  the  |  held; 

The  fowls  of  the  air,  and  the  fishes  |  of  the  | 
sea  ||  and  whatsoever  walketh  |  through  the  | 
paths  of  the  |  seas. 

O  I  Lord,    our  I   Governor,    how    excellent    is 

•Id! 


O  |  Lord,    our  |   Governor, 
thy  |  JSTame  in  |  all  the  |  worL 


From  Psalm  xsxiii. — Exultate,  justi 

REJOICE  in  the  Lord,  |  O  ye 
it  becometh  well  the  I  "just  - 
ful. 

Praise   the  |  Lord   with   |   harp  ||  sing    praises 
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righteous  ||  for 
to  be  |  thank- 


Sel.  9.]  SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS. 

unto   him    with    the    lute,    and  )  instrument  |  of 
ten  |  strings. 

Sing  .  unto  the  Lord  a  |  new  -  |  song  |[  sing 
praises  unto  him  |  with  a  |  good  -  |  courage. 

For  the  word  of  the  |  Lord  is  |  true  ||  and  |  all 
his  |  works  are  |  faithful. 

He  loveth  righteousness  |  and  -  |  judgment  | 
the  earth  is  full  of  the  |  goodness  |  of  the  |  Lord. 

By  the  word  of  the  Lord  were  the  |  heavens  | 
made  ||  and  all  the  hosts  of  them  |  by  the  breath 
of  |  his  |  mouth. 

lie  gathereth  the  waters  of  the  seas  together,  as 
it  were  up  |  on  an  |  heap  ||  and  layeth  up  the 
deep,  as  |  in  a  |  treasure  |  house. 

Let  all  the  earth  |  fear  the  |  Lord  ||  stand  in 
awe  of  him,  all  |  ye  that  |  dwell  in  the  |  world. 

For  he  spake,  and  |  it  was  |  done  ||  lie  com- 
manded, |  and  -  |  it  stood  |  fast. 

From  Psalm  cxlvii. — Laudate  Dominum. 

0  PRAISE   the  Lokd,  for  it  is  a  good  thing  to 
sing  praises  un  |  to  our  |  God  ||  yea,  a  joyful 
and  pleasant  |  thing  it  |  is  to  be  |  thankful. 

The  Lorn)  doth  build  |  up  Je  |  rusalem  ||  and 
gather  together  the  |  out  -  |  casts  of  |  Israel. 

He  healeth  those  that  are  |  broken  in  |  heart  ]| 
and  giveth  medicine  to  |  heal  -  |  their  -  |  sick- 
ness. 

He  telleth  the  number  |  of  the  |  stars  ||  and 
calleth  them  |  all  -  |  by  then*  |  names. 

Great  is  our  Lord,  and  |  great  is  his  |  power  j 
yea,  and  his  |  wisdom  j  is  -  |  inlinite. 

The   Lord  setteth  |  up  the  I  meek  |J  and  bring- 
eth  the  ungodly  I  down  -  |  to  the  I  ground. 
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O  sing  unto  the  |  Lord  with  |  thank -giving  || 
sing  praises  upon  the  |  harp  un  |  to  our  |  God ; 

Who  covereth  the  heaven  with  clouds,  and  pre- 
pareth  rain  |  for  the  |  earth  ||  and  niaketh  the 
grass  to  grow  upon  the  mountains,  and  |  herb  for 
the  I  use  of  |  men ; 

A\  ho  giveth  fodder  un  |  to  the  |  cattle  ||  and 
feedeth  the  young  |  ravens  that  |  call  up  |  on 
him. 

The  Lord's  delight  is  in  |  them  that  |  fear 
him  ||  and  put  their  |  trust  -  |  in  his  |  mercy. 

Praise  the  Lord,  |  O  Je  |  rusalem  ||  praise  thy  | 
God,  -  |  O  -  |  Sion. 

For  he  hath  made  fast  the  |  bars  of  thy  | 
gates  ||  and  hath  |  blessed  thy  |  children  with  |  in 
thee. 

He  maketh  peace  |  in  thy  |  borders  ||  and  flll- 
eth  thee  |  with  the  |  flour  of  |  wheat. 

Lie  sendeth  forth  his  commandment  up  |  on  -  | 
earth  ||  and  his  word  |  runneth  |  very  |  swiftly. 

He  giveth  |  snow  like  |  wTool  ||  and  scattereth 
the  |  hoar-frost  |  like  -  |  ashes. 

He  casteth  forth  his  |  ice  like  |  morsels  ||  who 
is  able  |  to  a  |  bide  his  |  frost  ? 

He  sendeth  out  his  word,  and  |  melteth  |  them  || 
he  bloweth  with  his  wind,  |  and  the  |  waters  | 
flow. 

Lie  showeth  his  word  |  unto  |  Jacob  ||  his  stat- 
utes and  ordinances  |  unto  |  Isra  |  el. 

He  hath  not  dealt  so  with  |  any  |  nation  || 
neither  have  the  heathen  |  knowledge  |  of  his  | 
laws. 

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From  Psalm  lvii. — Miserere  mei,  Deus. 

SET  up  thyself,  O  God,  a  |  bove  the  |  heavens  | 
and  thy  |  glory  a  |  bove  all  the  |  earth. 
My  heart  is  iixed,  O  God,  my  |  heart  is  [  fixed  | 
I  will  |  sing  and  |  give  -  |  praise. 

Awake    up,    my    glory;     awake    |    lute    and  [ 
harp  ||  1  1113-self  I  will  a  |  Avake  right  |  early 
I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  a 


mong 


the     people  ||  and  I  Avill  sing  unto  |  thee  a 
the     nations. 

For  the  greatness  of  thy  mercy  reacheth  |  un- 
to the  I  heavens  ||  and  thy  |  truth  un  |  to  the  | 
clouds. 

Set  up  thyself,  O  God,  a  |  bove  the  |  lieavens  | 
and  thy  |  glory  a  |  bove  all  the  |  earth. 


Selection  STentl) 
From  Psalm  xcvi. — Cantate  Domino. 

0SIjS"G   unto  the   Lord   a  |  new  -  |  song  ||  sing 
unto  the  Lord,  |  all  the  |  whole  -  |  earth. 
Sing  unto  the  Lord,  and  |    praise  his  |  Name  || 
be  telling  of  his  sal  |  vation  from  |  day  to  |  day. 

Declare  his  honour  un  |  to  the  |  heathen  ||  and 
his  wonders  |  unto  |  all  -  |  people. 

For  the  Lord  is  great,  and  cannot  worthily  | 
be  -  I  praised  ||  he  is  more  to  be  |  feared  than  | 
all  -  I  gods. 


0 


Psalm  cxlviii. — Laudato  Dorninum. 
PRAISE    the  |   Lord    of  |  heaven  ||  praise  |  - 
him  I  in  the  ]  height. 
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Praise  him,  all  ye  |  angels  of  |  bis  ||  praise  |  - 
him,  |  all  his  |  hosts. 

Praise  him,  |  sun  and  |  moon  ||  praise  him,  |  all 
ye  |  stars  and  |  light. 

Praise  him,  |  all  ye  |  heavens  ||  and  ye  waters 
that  |  are  a  |  bove  the  |  heavens. 

Let  them  praise  the  |  Name  of  the  |  Lord  ||  for 
he  spake  the  word,  and  they  were  made ;  he  com- 
manded, |  and  they  |  were  ere  |  ated. 

Lie  hath  made  them  fast  for  |  ever  and  |  ever  || 
he  hath  given  them  a  law  |  which  shall  |  not  be  | 
broken. 

Praise  the  I  Lord  upon  |  earth  ||  ye  |  dragons,  | 
and  all  |  deeps : 

Fire  and  hail,  |  snow  and  |  vapours  ||  wind  and  | 
storm,  ful  |  filling  his  |  word : 

Mountains  |  and  all  |  hills  ||  fruitful  |  trees  and  | 
all  -  |  cedars. 

Beasts  |  and  all  |  cattle  ||  worms  |  and  -  |  feath- 
ered |  fowls : 

Kings  of  the  earth  |  and  all  |  people  ||  princes 
and  all  |  judges  |  of  the  |  world : 

Young  men  and  maidens,  old  men  and  chil- 
dren, praise  the  |  Name  of  the  |  Lord  j|  for  his 
Name  only  is  excellent,  and  his  praise  a  |  bove  -  | 
heaven  and  |  earth. 

He  shall  exalt  the  horn  of  his  people :  all  his  | 
saints  shall  |  praise  him  ||  even  the  children  of 
Israel,  even  the  |  people  that  |  serveth  |  him. 


0 


From  Psalm  cxlix. — Gantate  Domino. 
SING  unto  the  Lord  a  |  new  -  |  song  ||  let  the 
congre  |  gation  of  |  saints  -  |  praise  him. 
e  49 


Sel.  10.]  SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS. 

Let  Israel  rejoice  in  |  him  that  |  made  him  | 
and  let  the  children  of  Sion  be  |  joyful  |  in  their  | 
King. 

Let  them  praise  his  |  Name  in  the  |  dance  | 
let  them  sing  praises  unto  |  him  with  |  tabret 
and  |  harp. 

For  the  Lord  hath  pleasure  |  in  his  |  people  || 
and  |  helpeth  |  the  meek  |  hearted. 

Psalm  cl. — Laudate  Dominum. 

0  PRAISE  God  I  in  his  |  holiness  ||  praise  him 
in  the  |  firmament  |  of  his  |  power. 
Praise   him   in   his  |  noble  |  acts  ||  praise  him 
according  |  to  his  |  excellent  |  greatness. 

Praise  him  in  the  |  sound  "of  the  |  trumpet  || 
praise  him  up  |  on  the  |  lute  and  |  harp. 

Praise  him  in  the  |  cymbals  and  |  dances  | 
praise  him  up  |  on  the  |  strings  and  |  pipe. 

Praise  him  upon  the  |  well-tuned  |  cymbals  [ 
praise  him  up  |  on  the  |  loud  -  |  cymbals. 

Let  every  thing  |  that  hath  |'  breath  ||  praise  | 
-  -  I  -the  I  Lord. 

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FOR  HOLY  DAYS,  ETC. 


Cl)vislmas=23aij. 
From  Psalms  xlv.  lxxxix.  ex. 

THY  seat,  O  God,  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever  ||  the 
sceptre    of    thy    kingdom    |    is     a    |    right  -  ] 
sceptre. 

Thou  hast  loved  righteousness,  and  |  hated 
in  |  iquitv  ||  wherefore  God,  even  thy  God, 
hath  anointed  thee  with  the  oil  of  |  gladness  a  | 
bove  thy  |  fellows. 

My  song  shall  be  alway  of  the  loving-kindness  | 
of  the  |  Lord  !|  with  my  mouth  will  I  ever  be 
showing  thy  truth  from  one  gener  |  ation  |  to 
an  |  other. 

For  I  have  said,  Mercy  shall  be  set  |  up  for 
ever  ||  thy  truth  shalt  thou  |  stablish  |  in  the 
heavens. 

The  Lord  is  |  our  de  |  fence  ||  the  Holy  One 
of  |  Israel  |  is  our  |  King. 

Thou  spakest  sometime  in  visions  unto  thy  | 
saints,  and  |  saidst  ||  I  have  laid  help  upon  One 
that  is  mighty,  I  have  exalted  One  |  chosen  out  ] 
of  the  |  people. 

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I  will  set  his  dominion  |  in  the  |  sea  ||  and 
his  |  right  hand  |  in  the  |  floods 

And  I  will  make  |  him  my  |  First-born  ||  higher 
than  the  |  kings  -  |  of  the  |  earth. 

'J  he  Lord  said  nn  |  to  my  |  Lord  ||  Sit  thou  on 
my  right  hand  until  I  make  thine  |  enemies  j 
thy  -  |  footstool. 

The  Lord  shall  send  the  rod  of  thy  power  | 
out  of  |  Sion  ||  be  thou  ruler,  even  in  the  |  midst 
a  |  mong  thine  |  enemies. 

In  the  day  of  thy  power  shall  the  people  offer 
thee  free-will  offerings  with  an  |  holy  |  worship  || 
the  dew  of  thy  birth  is  |  of  the  womb  |  of  the  | 
morning. 

The  Lord  sware,  and  will  |  not  re  |  pent  ||  Thou 
art  a  Priest  for  ever,  after  the  |  order  |  of  Mel  | 
chizedech. 


From  Psalms  xxxii.  xxxviii.  cxxx. 

BLESSED    is    he    whose     unrighteousness  |  is 
for  |  given  ||  and  |  whose  -  |  bin  is  |  covered. 
Blessed  is   the  man  unto  whom  the  Lord  im  | 
puteth   no  |  sin  ||  and   in    whose  |  spirit    there  |  is 
no  |  guile. 

Put  me  not  to  rebuke,  O  Lord,  |  in  thine  |  an- 
ger ||  neither  chasten  me  in  thy  |  hea  -  |  vy  dis  | 
pleasure : 

For  thine  arrows  stick  |  fast  in  |  me  ||  and  thy  | 
hand  -  j  presseth  me  |  sore. 

My   wu-kednesses  are   gone  I  over   my  |  head  | 
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and  are  like  a  sore  burden,  too  |  heavy  for  |  me 
to  J  bear. 

1  will  con  |  fess  my  |  wickedness  ||  and  be  | 
sorry  |  for  my  |  sin. 

Haste  |  thee  to  |  help  me  ||  O  Lord  |  God  of  | 
my  sal  |  ration. 

Out  of  the  deep  have  I  called  unto  |  thee,  O  | 
Lord  ||  Lord,  |  hear  -  |  my  -  |  voice. 

Let  thine  ears  |  be  at  j  tentive  ||  to  the  voice  | 
of  my  |  suppli  |  cations. 

If  thou.  Lord,  shouldest  be  extreme  to  mark 
what  is  |  done  a  |  miss  ||  O  |  Lord,  -  |  who  shall  | 
stand '( 

But  there  is  for  |  giveness  with  |  thee  ||  that  | 
thou  -  |  may  est  be  |  feared. 


(5oo"D   jhTDaD. 
From  Psalms  xxii.  lxix.  xl. 

MY  God !  my  God !  look  upon  me ;  why  hast 
thou  for  |  saken  |  me  ||  and  art  so  far  from 
my  health,  and  from  the  |  words  of  |  my  com  j 
plaint  ? 

But  |  thou  art  |  holy  ||  O  Thou  that  inhabitest 
the  |  praises  of  |  Isra  |  el. 

I  am  a  worm,  and  |  no  -  |  man  ||  a  reproach  of 
men,  and  des  |  pised  |  of  the  |  people. 

All  they  that  see  me  |  laugh  me  to  |  scorn  || 
they  shoot  out  the  lip,  they  |  shake  the  |  head,  -  j 
saying, 

He  trusted  in  Gcd,  that  he  |  would  de  |  liver 
him  ||  let  him  deliver  him,  |  if  -  |  he  will  -  |  have 
him. 

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The  counsel  of  the  wicked  layeth  |  siege  a 
gainst  me  ||  they  pierced  my  |  hands  -  |  and  my 
feet. 

They  part  my  |  garments  a  |  mong  them  ||  and 
cast  |  lots  up  |  on  my  |  vesture. 

But  be  not  thou  far  from  |  me,  O  |  Lord  ||  O 
my  strength,  |  haste  -  |  thee  to  I  help  me. 

Thy  rebuke  hath  broken  my  heart ;  I  am  |  full 
of  !  heaviness  ||  I  looked  for  some  to  have  pity  on 
me,  but  there  was  no  man,  neither  found  i  |  any 
to  |  comfort  |  me. 

They  gave  me  |  gall  to  |  eat  ||  and  when  I  was 
thirsty  they  gave  me  |  vinegar  |  to  -  |  drink. 

Sacrifice  and  meat-offering  thou  |  wouldest  | 
not  ||  but  mine  |  ears  -  |  hast  thou  |  opened. 

Burnt-offerings  and  sacrifices  for  sin  hast  thou  | 
not  re  |  quired  |j  then  said  I,  |  Lo,  -  |  I  -  |  come; 

In  the  volume  of  the  book  it  is  written  of  me, 
that  I  should  fulfil  thy  will,  |  O  my  |  God  |j  I  am 
content  to  do  it ;  yea,  thy  Law  |  is  with  |  in  my  | 
heart. 


Haster  29ag. 

Instead  of  the  "  Venite,  exultemus  Domino." 
% 

CUEIST    our   Passover   is  |  sacrificed  |  for  us  [ 
therefore  |  let  us  |  keep  the  |  feast : 
Not   with    the   old    leaven,   neither   with    the 
leaven   of  |  malice    and  |  wickedness  ||  but   with 
the    unleavened    bread    of  sin   |   ceri  |  ty   and  | 

truth. 

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FOR  HOLY  DAYS. 


pHRIST  being  raised  from  the  dead,  j  dieth 
\J  no  |  mure  ||  death  hath  no  more  do  |  minion  | 
over  |  him. 

For  in  that  he  died,  he  died  nnto  |  sin  -  |  once  [ 
but  in  that  he  liveth,  he  |  liveth  |  unto  |  God. 

Likewise  reckon  ye  also  yourselves  to  be  dead 
indeed  |  unto  |  sin  ||  but  alive  unto  God  through  | 
Jesus  |  Christ  our  |  Lord. 

CHRIST  is  risen  |  from  the  |  dead  ||  and  become 
the  first  |  fruits  of  |  them  that  |  slept. 

For  since  by  |  man  came  |  death  ||  by  man 
came  also  the  resur  |  rection  |  of  the  |  dead. 

For  as  in  Adam  |  all  -  |  die  ||  even  so  in  Christ 
shall  |  all  be  |  made  a  |  live. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son  || 
and  |  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  ever 
shall  |  be  ||  world  without  |  end.  -  |  A  -  |  men. 


0scensfou  33aj. 

From  Psalms  xxiv.  xlvii. 

T  IFT  up  your  heads,  O  ye  gates ;  and  be  ye  lift 
J  i  up,  ye  ever  |  lasting  |  doors  ||  and  the  King 
of  |  glory  |  shall  come  |  in. 

Who  is  the  |  King  of  |  glory  ||  The  Lord  strong 
and  mighty ; '  even  the  |  Lord  -  |  mighty  in  | 
battle. 

Lift  up  your  heads,  O  ye  gates ;  and  be  ye  lift 
up,  ye  ever  |  lasting  |  doors  ||  and  the  King  of  | 
glory  |  shall  come  |  in. 

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Who  is  the  |  King  of  |  glory  ||  Even  the  Lord 
of  hosts,  |  he  is  the  |  King  of  |  glory. 

O  clap  your  hands  together,  |  all  ye  |  people  || 
shont  unto  God  |  with  the  |  voice  of  |  triumph. 

For  the  L  rt>  most  |  high  is  |  terrible  ||  he  is  a 
great  King  |  over  |  all  the  |  earth. 

God  is  gone  up  |  with  a  j  shout  ||  the  Lord  | 
with  the  |  sound  of  a  |  trumpet. 

Sing  praises  to  God,  |  sing  -  |  praises  ||  sing 
praises  unto  our  |  King,  -  |  sing  -  |  praises. 

God  reigneth  |  over  the  |  heathen  ||  God  sitteth 
upon  the  |  throne  -  |  of  his  |  holiness. 

The  princes  of  the  people  are  gathered  toge- 
ther, even  the  people  of  the  |  God  of  |  Abraham  || 
for  the  shields  of  the  earth  belong  unto  God :  |  he 
is  |  greatly  ex  |  alted. 


fcJSnjft^Sun^ao. 
From  Psalms  ii.  lxviii. 

I  WILL    declare    the   decree :    the   Lord   hath 
said  |  unto  |  me  ||  Thou  art  my  Son,  this  day 
have  |  I  be  |  gotten  |  thee. 

Desire  of  me,  and  I  shall  give  thee  the  heathen 
for  |  thine  in  |  heritance  ||  and  the  utmost  parts 
of  the  |  earth  for  |  thy  pos  |  session. 

Be  wise  now,  therefore,  |  O  ye  |  kings  ||  be  in- 
structed, ye  |  judges  |  of  the  |  earth. 

Serve  the  |  Lord  with  |  fear  ||  and  re  |  joice  -  | 
with  -  |  trembling. 

Sing  unto  God,  sing   praises  |  to   his  |  Name  [ 
extol   him  that  rideth   upon  the  heavens   by  his 
name  J  AH,  |  and  re  |  joice  be  |  fore  him. 
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FOR  HOLY  DATS. 


Thou,  O  God,  sentest  a  gracious  rain  upon 
thine  in  |  heritance  1 1  and  refreshedst  it  |  when  - 
it  was  |  weary. 

The  Lord  |  gave  the  |  word  ||  great  was  the 
company  |  of  -  |  those  that  |  published  it. 

Though  ye  have  lain  among  the  pots,  yet  shall 
ye  be  as  the  wings  |  of  a  |  dove  ||  covered  with 
silver,  and  her  |  feathers  with  |  yellow  |  gold. 

Thou  hast  ascended   on   high ;    thou   hast    led 
captivity  captive ;   thou  hast  received  |  gifts  for 
men  |j  yea,  for  the  rebellious  also,  that  the  Lokd 
God  might  |  dwell  a  |  mong  them. 

Blessed  be  the  Lord,  who  daily  loadeth  |  us 
with  |  benefits  ||  even  the  |  God  of  |  our  sal  j  vation. 

Sing  unto  God,  ye  kingdoms  |  of  the  |  earth  || 
O  sing  |  praises  |  unto  the  |  Lord : 

To  him  that  rideth  upon  the  heaven  of  heavens, 
which  |  were  of  |  old  ||  lo,  he  doth  send  out  his 
voice,  and  |  that  a  |  mighty  |  voice. 

Ascribe  ye  strength  |  unto  I  God  ||  his  excel- 
lency is  over  Israel,  and  his  j  strength  is  |  in 
the  j  clouds. 

O  God,  thou  art  terrible  out  of  thy  |  holy  | 
places  ||  the  God  of  Israel  is  he  that  giveth 
strength  and  power  unto  his  people.  J  Bless  -  |  ed 
be  |  God. 


i 


)RAISE   ye  the  Lord  ;  for  it  is  good   to  sing 


praises  un  |  to  our  |  God  ||  for  it  is  pleasant, 
and  |  praise  is  |  comely. 

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The  Lord  doth  build  |  up  Je  |  rusalem  ||  he 
gathereth  together  the  |  out  -  |  easts  of  |  Israel. 

He  healeth  those  that  are  |  broken  in  |  heart  || 
and  |  bindeth  |  up  their  |  wounds. 

He  covereth  the  heaven  with  clouds,  and  pre- 
pareth  rain  |  for  the  |  earth  ||  he  maketh  the  grass 
to  |  grow  up  j  on  the  |  mountains. 

He  giveth  to  the  |  beast  his  |  food  ||  and  to 
the  |  young  -  [  ravens  which  |  cry. 

Praise  the  Lord,  |  O  Je  |  rusalem  ||  praise  thy 
God,  -  |  O  -  |  Sion. 

For  he  hath  strengthened  the  bars  |  of  thy 
gates  ||  he  hath  'blessed  thy  |  children  |  within 
thee. 

He  maketh  peace  |  in  thy  |  borders  ||  and  fill- 
eth  thee  |  with  the  |  finest  |  of  the  |  wheat. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son  || 
and  |  to  the  |  Holy  Ghost; 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  ever 
shall  I  be  ||  world  without  |  end.  -  I  A  -  I  men. 


o 


Knstftutton  of  JfWfnfstcr*. 

Laudato  nomen. 

PRAISE   the   Lord,  laud  ye  the  Name  j  of 
the  |  Lord  |j  praise    it,    O    ye  |  servants  |  of 
the  |  Lord. 

Ye  that  stand  in  the  house  |  of  the  |  Lord  ||  in 
the  courts  of  the  |  house  -  |  of  our  |  God. 

O  praise  the  Lord,  for  the  |  Lord  is  gracious  || 
O  sing  praises  unto  his  Name,  |  for  -  |  it  is  | 
lovely. 

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FOR  OCCASIONAL  SERVICES. 


The  Loud  is  gracious  and  |  merci  |  ful  ||  long- 
suffering,  |  and  of  |  great  -  |  goodness. 

The  Lord  is  loving  unto  |  every  |  man  ||  and 
his  mercy  is  |  over  |  all  his  |  works. 

All  tiiy  works  praise  |  tliee,  O  |  Lord  ||  and 
thy  saints  give  |  thanks  -  |  unto  |  thee 

The  Lokd  doth  build  |  up  Je  |  rusalem  ||  and 
gather  together  the  |  out  -  |  casts  of  |  Israel. 

He  healeth  those  that  are  |  broken  in  |  heart  | 
and  giveth  medicine  |  to  -  |  heal  their  |  sick- 
ness. 

The  Lord's  delight  is  in  |  them  that  |  fear 
him  ||  and  put  their  |  trust  -  |  in  his  |  mercy. 

Praise  the  Lord,  |  O  Je  |  rusalem  ||  praise  thy  | 
God,  |  O  -  |  Sion. 

For  he  hath  made  fast  the  bars  |  of  thy 
gates  ||  and  hath  |  blessed  thy  |  children  with 
in  thee. 

He  maketh  peace  |  in  thy  |  borders  ||  and  filleth 
thee  |  with  the  |  Hour  of  |  wheat. 

He  is  our  God,  even  the  God  of  whom  |  cometh 
sal  |  vation  ||  God  is  the  Lord,  by  |  whom  we  es  | 
cape  |  death. 

O  God,  wonderful  art  thou  in  thy  |  holy  | 
places  ||  even  the  God  of  Israel,  he  will  give 
strength  and  power  unto  his  people.  |  Bless  -  | 
ed  be  |  God. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son  || 
and  |  to  the  |  Holy  Ghost; 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  ever 
shall  |  be  ||  world  with  |  end.  -  |  A  -  |  men. 


SELECTIONS  OF  PSALMS 


Buvfal  of  tjje  Seatt. 

LOUD,  let  me  know  my  end,  and  the  number 
of  my  |  days  ||  that  I  may  be  certified  how 
long  I  |  have  to  |  live. 

Behold,  thou  hast  made  my  days  as  it  were  a 
span  long,  and  mine  age  is  even  as  nothing  in 
re  |  spect  of  |  thee  |  and  verily  every  man  living 
is  I"  alto  |  getber  j  vanity. 

For  man  walketh  in  a  vain  shadow,  and  dis- 
quieteth  him  |  self  in  |  vain  |j  he  heapeth  up 
riches,  and  cannot  |  tell  -  |  who  shall  |  gather 
them. 

And  now,  Lord,  |  what  is  my  |  hope  ||  Truly 
my  |  hope  is  |  even  in  |  thee. 

Deliver  me  from  all  |  mine  of  |  fences  ||  and 
make  me  not  a  re  |  buke  un  |  to  the  |  foolish. 

When  thou  with  rebukes  dost  chasten  man  for 
sin,  thou  makest  his  beauty  to  consume  away, 
like  as  it  were  a  moth  |  fretting  a  |  garment  || 
every  man  |  therefore  |  is  but  |  vanity. 

Hear  my  prayer,  O  Lord,  and  with  thine  ears 
con  |  sider  my  |  calling  ||  hold  not  thy  |  peace  -  | 
at  my  |  tears  : 

For  I  am  a  |  stranger  |  with  thee  |j  and  a  so- 
journer as  |  all  my  |  fathers  |  were. 

O  spare  me  a  little,  that  1  may  re  |  cover  my  | 
strength  ||  before  I  go  hence,  \  and  be  |  no  more  |  seen. 

Lord,  thou  hast  j  been  our  |  refuge  ||  from  one 
gener  |  ation  |  to  an  |  other. 

Before  the  mountains  were  brought  forth,  or 
ever  the  earth  and  the  [  world  were  |  made  ||  thou 
art  God  from  everlasting,  and  |  world  with  | 
out  -  I  end. 

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FOR  OCCASIONAL  SERVICES. 


Thou  turn  est  man  |  to  de  |  struction  ||  again 
thou  sayest,  Come  a  |  gain,  ye  |  children  of  | 
men 

For  a  thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are  |  but  as  | 
yesterday  ||  seeing  that  is  past  |  as  a  |  watch  in 
the  |  night. 

As  soon  as  thou  scatterest  them  they  are  even  j 
as  a  |  sleep  ||  and  fade  away  |  suddenly  |  like 
the  |  grass. 

In  the  morning  it  is  green,  and  |  groweth  |  up  j 
but  in  the  evening  it  is  cut  down,  |  dried  -  |  up, 
and  |  withered. 

For  we  consume  away  in  |  thy  dis  |  pleasure  [ 
and  ave  afraid  at  thy  |  wrathful  |  indig  |  nation. 

Thou  hast  set  our  mis  |  deeds  be  |  fore  thee  | 
and  our  secret  sins  in  the  |  light  -  |  of  thy  |  coun- 
tenance. 

For  when  thou  art  angry,  all  our  |  days  are  | 
gone  ||  we  bring  our  years  to  an  end,  as  it  |  were 
a  |  tale  that  is  |  told. 

The  days  of  our  age  are  threescore  years  and 
ten ;  and  though  men  be  so  strong  that  thev  come 
to  fourscore  years,  yet  is  their  strength  then  but  | 
labour  and  |  sorrow  ||  so  soon  passeth  it  a  |  way, 
and  |  we  are  |  gone. 

So  teach  us  to  |  number  our  |  days  ||  that  we 
may  apply  our  |  hearts  -  |  unto  |  wisdom. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son  || 
and  |  to  the  |  Holy  Ghost; 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  ever 
shall  |  be  ||  world  without  |  end.  -  |  A  -  |  men. 
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THE  PSALTER,  OR 

PSALMS  OF  DAVID. 


£f)e  JFfvst  Ea». 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  i.    Beatus  vir,  qui  non  ahiit. 

BLESSED  is  the  man  that  hath  not  walked  in 
the  counsel  of  the  ungodly,  nor  stood  in  the 
way    of  |  sinners  ||  and    hath    not    sat    in    the 
seat  -  |  of  the  |  scornful. 

2  But  his  delight  is  in  the  |  law  of  the  |  Lord  || 
and  in  his  law  will  he  exercise  him  |  self  -  |  day 
and  |  night. 

3  And  he  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by  the 
water  |  side  ||  that  will  bring  forth  his  |  fruit  - 
in  due  |  season. 

4  J  lis  leaf  also  |  shall  not  |  wither  ||  and  look, 
whatsoever  he  |  doeth  [  it  shall  |  prosper. 

5  As  for  the  ungodly,  it  is  not  |  so  with  | 
them  ||  but  they  are  like  the  chaff,  which  the 
wind  scattereth  away  |  from  the  |  face  of  the  | 
earth. 

6  Therefore  the  ungodly   shall  not  be  able  to 

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Day  1.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

stand  |  in  the  '  judgment  1 1  neither  the  sinners  in 
the  eongre  |  gation  j  of  the  |  righteous. 

7  But  the  Lord  knoweth  the  way  j  of  the 
righteous  ||  and  the  way  of  the  un  |  godly 
shall  -  |  perish. 

Psalm  ii.     Quarefremwruntgentes? 

WHY  do   the   heathen   so  furiously  |  rage  to  | 
gether  ||  and  why  do  the  people  im  j  agine 
a  |  vain  -  |  thing  ? 

2  The  kings  of  the  earth  stand  up,  and  the 
rulers  take  |  counsel  to  |  gether  ||  against  the 
Lord,  and  a  j  gainst  -  |  his  A  |  nointed. 

3  Let  us  break  their  |  bonds  a  |  sunder  ||  and 
cast  a  |  way  their  |  cords  -  |  from  us. 

4  lie  that  dwelleth  in  heaven  shall  |  laugh 
them  to  |  scorn  H  the  Lord  shall  |  have  them  |  in 
de  |  rision. 

5  Then  shall  he  speak  unto  them  |  in  his  | 
wrath  ||  and  vex  them  |  in  his  |  sore  dis  |  plea- 
sure. 

6  Yet  have  I  |  set  my  |  King  ||  upon  my  | 
holy  |  hill  of  |  Sion. 

7  1  will  preach  the  law,  whereof  the  Lord 
hath  said  |  unto  |  me  ||  Thou  art  my  son,  this 
day  have  |  I  be  |  gotten  |  thee. 

8  Desire  of  me,  and  I  shall  give  thee  the  hea- 
then for  |  thine  in  |  heritance  ||  and  the  utmost 
parts  of  the  |  earth  for  |  thy  pos  |  session. 

9  Thou  shalt  bruise  them  with  a  |  rod  of  | 
iron  ||  and  break  them  in  pieces  |  like  a  |  pot- 
ter's |  vessel. 

10  Be  wise  now,  therefore,  |  O  ye  |  kings  ||  be 
learned,  ye  that  are  |  judges  |  of  the  |  earth. 

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Morning.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  1.] 

11  Serve  the  |  Loed  in  |  fear  ||  and  re  |  juice  | 
unto  |  hi  in  with  |  reverence. 

12  Kiss  the  Son,  lest  he  be  angry,  and  so  ye 
perish  from  the  |  right  -  |  way  ||  if  his  wrath  be 
kindled,  yea  but  a  little.  Blessed  are  all  they 
that  |  put  their  |  trust  in  |  him. 

Psalm  iii.    Domine,  quid  mulliplicati? 

IORD,  how  are  they  in  I  creased  that  |  trouble  | 
J  me  ||  many    are  |  they    that   |   rise    a   |   gainst 
me. 

2  Many  one  there  be  that  say  |  of  my  |  soul  || 
There  is  no  help  |  for  him  |  in  his  |  God. 

3  But  thon,  O  Loed,  art  |  my  de  |  fender  || 
thou  art  my  worship,  and  the  lifter  |  up  -  |  of 
my  |  head. 

4  I  did  call  upon  the  Lord  |  with  my  |  voice  || 
and  he  heard  me  out  |  of  his  |  holy  |  hill. 

5  I  laid  me  down  and  slept,  and  rose  |  up  a  | 
gain  ||  for  the  |  Loed  sus  |  tained  |  me. 

6  I  wTill  not  be  afraid  for  ten  thousands  |  of 
the  |  people  ||  that  have  set  themselves  a  |  gainst 
me  |  round  a  |  boat. 

7  Up,  Loed,  and  help  me,  |  O  my  |  God  ||  For 
thou  smitest  all  mine  enemies  upon  the  cheek- 
bone ;  thou  hast  broken  the  |  teeth  of  |  the  un- 
godly. 

8  Salvation  belongeth  un  |  to  the  |  Loed  || 
and  thy  blessing  |  is  up  |  on  thy  |  people. 


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Psalm  iv.     Cum  invocarem. 

EAR  me,  when  I  call,  O  God  of  my  |  right  - 
eous  |  ness  ||  thou   hast    set    me    at    liberty, 
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Day  l.J  THE  PSALTER.  [Moening. 

when   I   was   in  trouble ;   have   mercy  upon  me, 
and  |  hearken  un  |  to  my  |  prayer. 

2  O  ye  sons  of  men,  how  long  will  ye  bias  | 
pheme  mine  |  honour  ||  and  have  such  pleasure  in 
vanity,  and  |  seek  -  |  after  |  falsehood  \ 

3  Know  this  also,  that  the  Lord  hath  chosen 
to  himself  the  man  |  that  is  |  godly  ||  when  I  call 
upon  the  |  Lord  -  |  lie  will  |  hear  me. 

4  Stand  in  awe,  and  |  sin  -  |  not  ||  commune 
with  your  own  heart,  and  in  your  |  chamber,  | 
and  be  |  still. 

5  Offer  the  sacrifice  of  |  righteous  |  ness  ||  and 
put  your  |  trust  -  |  in  the  |  Lord. 

6  There  be  |  many  that  |  say  ||  Who  will  | 
show  us  |  any  |  good  ? 

7  Lord,  |  lift  thou  |  up  ||  the  light  of  thy  | 
countenance  |  up  -  |  on  us. 

8  Thou  hast  put  gladness  |  in  my  |  heart  ] 
since  the  time  that  their  corn,  and  |  wine,  and  | 
oil  in  |  creased. 

9  1  will  lay  me  down  in  peace,  and  |  take  my  | 
rest  ||  for  it  is  thou,  Lord,  only  that  |  makest 
me  |  dwell  in  |  safety. 

Psalm  v. —  Verba  mea  auribus. 

POKDER    my  |  word,    O  |  Lord  ||  con  |  sider 
my  |  medi  |  tation. 

2  O  hearken  thou  unto  the  voice  of  my  calling, 
my  King  |  and  my  |  God  ||  for  unto  thee  |  will 
I  |  make  my  |  prayer. 

3  My  voice  shaft  thou  hear  be  |  times,  O  | 
Lord  ||  early  in  the  morning  will  I  direct  my 
prayer  unto  |  thee,  and  |  will  look  |  up. 

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Morning.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  1. 

4  For  thou  art  the  God  that  hast  no  |  pleasure 
in  |  wickedness  ||  neither  shall  any  |  evil  |  dwell 
with  |  thee. 

5  Such  as  be  foolish  shall  not  stand  |  in  thy 
sight  1 1  for  thou  hatest  all  |  them  that  j  work  - 
vanity. 

6  Thou  shalt  destroy  them  |  that  speak  |  lies  | 
the  Lord  will  abhor  both  the  blood-thirsty  |  and 
de  |  ceitful  |  man. 

7  Bm  as  for  me,  I  will  come  into  thine  house, 
even  upon  the  multitude  |  of  thy  |  mercy  ||  and 
in  thy  fear  wTill  I  worship  to  |  ward  thy  |  holy  | 
temple. 

8  Lead  me,  O  Lord,  in  thy  righteousness,  be- 
cause |  of  mine  |  enemies  ||  make  thy  way  |  plain 
be  |  fore  my  |  face. 

9  For  there  is  no  faithfulness  |  in  his  |  mouth  || 
their  inward  |  parts  are  |  very  |  wickedness. 

10  Their  throat  is  an  |  open  |  sepulchre  j 
they  I  natter  |  with  their  |  tongue. 

11  Destroy  thou  them,  O  God;  let  them  perish 
through  their  own  im  |  agi  |  nations  ||  cast  them 
ont  in  the  multitude  of  their  ungodliness;  for 
they  |  have  re  |  belled  a  |  gainst  thee. 

12  And  let  all  them  that  put  their  trust  in  | 
thee  re  |  joice  ||  they  shall  ever  be  giving  of 
thanks,  because  thou  defendest  them ;  they  that 
love  thy  Name  shall  be  |  joy  -  |  ful  in  |  thee ; 

13  For  thou,  Lord,  wilt  give  thy  blessing  nn  | 
to  the  |  righteous  ||  and  with  thy  favourable  kind 
ness  wilt  thou  defend  |  him,  as  |  with  a  |  shield. 


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Day  1.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evening. 

EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  vi.    Domine,  ne  in  furore. 

OLORD,  rebuke  me  not   in   thine  |  indig  |  na- 
tion  j|  neither    chasten   |   me    in    |    thy    dis- 
pleasure. 

2  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Lord,  for  |  I  am  | 
weak  ||  O  Lord,  heal  me,  |  for  my  |  hones  are  |  vexed. 

3  My  soul  also  is  |  sore  -  |  troubled  ||  but,  Lord, 
how  long  |  wilt  thou  |  punish  |  me  ? 

4  Turn  thee,  O  Lord,  and  de  |  liver  my  |  soul  || 
O  save  me,  |  for  thy  |  mercy's  |  sake. 

5  For  in  death  no  man  re  |  membereth  |  thee  || 
and  who  will  give  thee  |  thanks  -  |  in  the  |  pit  ? 

6  I  am  weary  of  my  groaning;  every  night 
wash  |  I  my  |  bed  ||  and  water  my  |  couch  -  | 
with  my  |  tears. 

7  My  beauty  is  gone  for  |  very  |  trouble  ||  and 
worn  away  be  |  cause  of  |  all  mine  |  enemies. 

S  Away  from  me  all  ye  |  that  work  |  vanity  | 
for  the  Lord  hath  heard  the  |  voice  -  |  of  my  | 
weeping. 

9  The  Lord  hath  heard  |  my  pe  |  tition  ||  the 
Lord  |  will  re  |  ceive  my  |  prayer. 

10  All  mine  enemies  shall  be  confounded,  and 
sore  -  |  vexed  ||  they  shall  be  turned  back,  and 
put  to  |  shame  -  |  suddenly. 

Psalm  vii.    Domine,  Deus  mens. 

OLORD,  my  God,  in   thee  have   I  |  put  my  | 
trust  ||  save  me  from  all  them  that  persecute 
me,  |  and  de  |  liver  |  me; 

2  Lest  he  devour  my  soul  like  a  lion,  and  |  tear 
it  in  |  pieces  |j  while  |  there  is  |  none  to  j  help. 
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Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  1. 

3  ( )  Lord  my  God,  if  I  have  done  |  any  such  | 
thing  ||  or  if  there  be  any  |  wickedness  |  in  my  j 
bands : 

4  If  I  have  rewarded  evil  unto  bim  tbat  dealt  | 
friendly  |  with  me  ||  yea,  I  have  delivered  bim 
tbat  without  any  |  cause  -  |  is  mine  |  enemy  : 

5  Then  let  mine  enemy  persecute  my  |  soul, 
and  |  take  me  ||  yea,  let  him  tread  my  life  down 
upon  the  earth,  and  lay  mine  |  honour  |  in  the  | 
dust. 

6  Stand  up,  0  Lord,  in  thy  wrath,  and  lift  up 
thyself,  because  of  the  indignation  |  of  mine  | 
enemies  ||  arise  up  for  me  in  the  judgment  |  that 
thou  |  hast  com  |  manded. 

7  And  so  shall  the  congregation  of  the  people  I 
come  a  |  bout  thee  ||  for  their  sakes  therefore  lift  | 
up  thy  |  self  a  |  gain. 

8  The  Lord  shall  judge  the  people ;  give  sen- 
tence with  me,  |  O  -  |  Lord  ||  according  to  my 
righteousness,  and  according  to  the  innoccncy  | 
tbat  is  |  in  -  j  me. 

9  O  let  the  wuckedness  of  the  ungodly  |  come 
to  an  |  end  ||  but  |  guide  -  |  thou  the  |  just. 

10  For  the  |  righteous  |  God  ||  trieththe  j  very  | 
hearts  and  |  reins. 

11  My  help  |  cometh  of  |  God  ||  who  preservetb 
them  |  that  are  |  true  of  |  heart. 

12  God  is  a  righteous  judge,  |  strong,  and  | 
patient  ||  and  God  is  pro  |  voked  |  every  j  day. 

13  If  a  man  will  not  turn,  he  will  j  whet  his  j 
sword  ||  he  hath  bent  his  |  bow,  and  |  made  it  j 
ready. 

14  lie  hath  prepared  for  him  the  instruments  | 

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Day  1.]  THE  PSALTER,  [Evening. 

of-  I  death  ||  he  ordaineth  his  |  arrows  a  |  gainst 
the  [  persecutors. 

15  Behold,  he  |  travaileth  with  |  mischief  ||  he 
hath  conceived  sorrow,  and  |  brought  -  |  forth 
un  |  godliness. 

10  lie  hath  graven  and  digged  |  up  a  |  pit  ||  and 
is  fallen  himself  into  the  destruction  |  that  he  | 
made  for  |  other. 

17  For  his  travail  shall  come  upon  his  |  own  -  | 
head  |  and  his  wickedness  shall  |  fall  on  |  his 
own  |  pate. 

18  1  will  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  accord- 
ing |  to  his  righteous  |  ness  ||  and  I  will  praise 
the  Name  |  of  the  |  Lord  most  |  high. 

Psalm  viii.    Domine,  Dominus  noster. 

0LOKD,    our   Governor,  how  excellent  is  thy 
Name  in  |  all  the  |  world  ||  thou  that  hast  set 
thy  |  glory  a  |  bove  the  |  heavens ! 

2  Out  of  the  mouth  of  very  babes  and  suck- 
lings, hast  thou  ordained  strength,  because  |  of 
thine  |  enemies  ||  that  thou  niightest  still  the 
enemy  |  and  -  |  the  a  |  veuger. 

3  For  I  will  consider  thy  heavens,  even  the 
works  |  of  thy  |  lingers  ||  the  moon  and  the  stars  | 
which  ihou  |  hast  or  |  dained. 

1  What  is  man,  that  thou  art  |  mindful  of  | 
him  ||  and  the  son  of  man,  |  that  thou  |  visitest  |  him  ? 

5  Thou  madest  him  lower  |  than  the  |  angels  || 
to  crown  him  with  |  glo  -  |  ry  and  |  worship. 

6  Thou  makest  him  to  have  dominion  of  the 
works  |  of  thy  I  hands  ||  and  thou  hast  put  all 
things  in  sub  |  jection  |  under  his  |  feet : 


Morning.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  2. 

7  All  |  sheep  and  |  oxen  ||  yea,  and  the  | 
beasts  -  |  of  the  |  field ; 

8  The  fowls  of  the  air,  and  the  fishes  |  of  the  I 
sea  ||  and  whatsoever  walketh  |  through  the  j 
paths  of  the  |  seas. 

9  O  |  Loko,  our  |  Governor,  how  excellent  is 
thy  |  jN  aine  in  |  all  the  |  world ! 


E\)e  «Seconti   ZDap. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  ix.     Confitebor  tibi. 

I  "WILL  give  thanks  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  with 
my  |  whole  -  |  heart  ||  I  will  speak  of  |  all  thy  | 
marvellous  |  works. 

2  I  will  be  glad  and  re  |  joice  in  |  thee  (|  yea, 
my  songs  will  I  make  of  thy  |  Kame,  O  |  thou, 
Most  |  Highest. 

3  While  mine  enemies  are  |  driven  j  back  J 
they  shall  fall  and  |  perish  |  at  thy  |  presence. 

4  For  thou  hast  maintained  my  right  |  and 
my  |  cause  |j  thou  art  set  in  the  ]  throne  that  | 
judgest  |  right. 

5  Thou  hast  rebuked  the  heathen,  and  de  | 
stroyed  the  un  (  godly  |j  thou  hast  put  out  their  | 
name  for  |  ever  and  |  ever. 

6  O  thou  enemy,  destructions  are  come  to  a 
per  |  petual  |  end  j]  even  as  the  cities  which  thou 
hast  destroyed,  their  me  |  morial  is  |  perished  | 
wTith  them. 

7  But  the  Lord  shall  en  ]J  dure  for  |  ever  ||  he 
hath  also  pre  |  pared  his  |  seat  for  |  judgment. 

8  For  he  shall  judge  the  |  world  in  |  righteous- 

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Day  2.J  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

ness  ||  and   minister   true  |  judgment  |  unto  the  | 
people. 

9  The  Lord  also  will  be  a  defence  |  for  the 
op  |  pressed  ||  even  a  refuge  in  |  due  -  |  time  of  | 
trouble. 

10  And  they  that  know  thy  Name  will  put 
their  |  trust  in  |  thee  ||  for  thou,  Lord,  hast  never  | 
failed  |  them  that  |  seek  thee. 

11  O  praise  the  Lord  which  |  dwelleth  in  | 
Sion  ]|  show  the  |  people  |  of  his  |  doings. 

12  For  when  he  maketh  inquisition  for  blood, 
he  re  |  membereth  |  them  ||  and  forget  teth  not  the 
com  |  plaint  -  |  of  the  |  poor. 

13  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Lord  ;  consider 
the  trouble  which  I  suffer  of  |  them  that  |  hate 
me  i|  thou  that  liftest  me  up  j  from  the  |  gates 
of  |  death ; 

11  That  I  may  show  all  thy  praises  within  the 
ports  of  the  |  daughter  of  |  Sion  ||  I  will  re  |  joice 
in  |  thy  sal  |  vation. 

15  The  heathen  are  sunk  down  in  the  pit  | 
that  they  |  made  ||  in  the  same  net  which  they 
hid  privily,  |  is  their  |  foot  -  |  taken. 

lb'  The  Lord  is  known  to  |  execute  |  judg- 
ment ||  the  ungodly  is  trapped  in  the  |  work  of  | 
his  own  |  hands. 

17  The  wicked  shall  be  turned  |  into  |  hell  || 
and  all  the  people  |  that  for  |  get  -  |  God. 

18  For  the  poor  shall  nut  alway  |  be  for  |  got- 
ten ||  the  patient  abiding  of  the  meek  |  shall  not  | 
perish  for  |  ever. 

11)  Up,  Lord,  and  let  not  man  have  the  |  upper  | 
hand  ||  let  the  heathen  be  [  judged  |  in  thy  |  sight,  j 
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Mohning.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  2. 

20  Put  them  in  |  fear,  O  |  Lord  ||  that  the 
heathen  may  know  them  |  selves  to  |  he  but  | 
men. 

Psalm  x.     Ut  quid,  Domine  f 

WHY  standest  thou  so  far  |  off,  O  |  Lord  ||  and 
hidest    thy   face   in   the  |  needful  |  time   of  j 
trouble  ? 

2  The  ungodly,  for  his  own  lust,  doth  |  perse- 
cute the  |  poor  ||  let  them  be  taken  in  the  crafty 
wiliness  |  that  they  |  have  im  |  agined. 

3  For  the  ungodly  hath  made  boast  of  his 
own  heart's  de  |  sire  ||  and  speaketh  good  of  the 
covetous,  |  whom  -  |  God  ab  |  horreth. 

4  The  ungodly  is  so  proud,  that  he  careth  |  not 
for  |  God  |[  neither  is  |  God  in  |  all  his  |  thoughts. 

5  His  ways  are  |  alway  |  grievous  ||  thy  judg- 
ments are  far  above  out  of  his  sight,  and  there- 
fore de  |  fieth  he  |  all  his  J  enemies. 

6  For  he  hath  said  in  his  heart.  Tush !  I  shall 
never  |  be  cast  |  down  ||  there  shall  no  harm  I 
happen  |  unto  |  me. 

7  His  mouth  is  full  of  cursing,  de  j  ceit,  and  I 
fraud  ||  under  his  tongue  is  un  |  godli  j  ness  and  | 
vanity. 

8  He  sitteth  lurking  in  the  thievish  corners  | 
of  the  |  streets  ||  and  privily  in  his  lurking  dens 
doth  he  murder  the  innocent;  his  eyes  are  |  set 
a  |  gainst  the  |  poor. 

9  For  he  lieth  waiting  secretly ;  even  as  a  lion 
lurketh  he  |  in  his  |  den  ||  that  |  he  may  |  ravish 
the  |  poor. 

10  He  doth  |  ravish  the  [  poor  ||  when  he  get- 
teth  |  him  in  |  to  his  |  net. 

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Day  2.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning 

11  He  falleth  down,  and  |  humbleth  him  |  self  | 
that  the  congregation  of  the  poor  may  fall  into 
the  |  hands  -  |  of  his  |  captains. 

12  He  hath  said  in  his  heart,  Tush !  God  |  hath 
for  |  gotten  ||  he  hideth  away  his  face,  and  |  he 
will  |  never  |  see  it. 

13  Ari-e,  O  Lord  God,  and  lift  |  up  thine  | 
hand  ||  for  |  get  -  |  not  the  |  poor. 

14  Wherefore  should  the  wicked  |  blaspheme 
God  ||  while  he  doth  say  in  his  heart,  Tush! 
thou  God  |  carest  not  |  for  it. 

15  Surely  |  thou  hast  |  seen  it  ||  for  thou  be- 
boldest  un  |  godli  |  ness  and  |  wrong. 

16  That  thou  may  est  take  the  matter  in  |  to 
thy  |  hand  ||  the  poor  committeth  himself  unto 
thee ;  for  thou  art  the  |  helper  |  of  the  |  friend- 
less. 

17  Creak  thou  the  power  of  the  ungodly  |  and 
ma  |  licious  ||  take  away  his  ungodliness,  and  \ 
thou  shalt  |  find  -  |  none. 

18  The  Lord  is  King  for  |  ever  and  |  ever  ||  and 
the  heathen  are  perished  |  out  -  |  of  the  |  land. 

19  Lord,  thou  hast  heard  the  desire  |  of  the 
poor  ||  thou  preparest  their  heart,  and  thine  |  ear- 
hearkeneth  |  thereto : 

20  To  help  the  fatherless  and  poor  un  |  to  their  | 
right  ||  that  the  man  of  the  earth  be  no  j  more 
ex  |  alted  a  |  gainst  them. 

Psalm  xi.     In  Domino  confido. 

IN  the  Lord  put  |  I  my  |  trust  ||  how  say  ye  then 
to  my  soul,  that  she  should  llee  as  a  |  bird  un  | 
to  the  |  hill. 

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Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  2. 

2  For  lo,  the  ungodly  bend  their  bow,  and  make 
ready  their  arrows  with  |  in  the  |  quiver  ||  that 
they  may  privily  shoot  at  them  |  which  are  |  true 
of  |  heart. 

3  For  the  foundations  will  |  be  east  j  down  J 
and  what  |  hath  the  |  righteous  j  done  ? 

4  The  Lord  is  in  his  |  holy  |  temple  ||  the 
Lord's  |  seat  -  |  is  in  |  heaven. 

5  His  eyes  con  |  sider  the  |  poor  ||  and  his  eye- 
lids |  try  the  |  children  of  |  men. 

6  The  Lord  al  |  loweth  the  |  righteous  ||  but 
the  ungodly,  and  him  that  delighteth  in  wicked- 
ness, |  doth  his  |  soul  ab  |  hor. 

'7  Upon  the  ungodly  he  shall  rain  snares,  fire 
and  brimstone,  storm  and  |  tempest  ||  this  shall  | 
be  their  |  portion  to  |  drink. 

8  For  the  righteous  Lord  |  loveth  |  righteous- 
ness ||  his  countenance  will  be  |  hold  the  |  thing 
that  is  |  just. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  xii.    Salvum  me  fac. 

HELP  me,   Lord,  for  there  is  not  one  |  godly 
man  |  left  ||  for  the  faithful  are  minished  from 
a  |  mong  the  |  children  of  |  men. 

2  They  talk  of  vanity  every  one  |  with  his  | 
neighbour  ||  they  do  but  natter  with  their  lips, 
and  dissemble  |  in  their  |  double  |  heart. 

3  The  Lor:>  shall  root  out  all  de  |  ceitful  j 
lips  ||  and  the  tongue  that  |  speaketh  |  proud  -  I 
things : 

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Day  2.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evening. 

4  Which  have  said,  With  our  tongue  will  |  we 
pre  |  vail  ||  we  are  they  that  ought  to  speak :  who 
is  |  lord  -  |  over  |  us  % 

5  Now  for  the  comfortless  troubles'  sake  |  of 
the  |  needy  ||  and  because  of  the  deep  |  sighing  | 
of  the  |  poor. 

0  I  will  up,  |  saith  the  |  Lord  ||  and  will  help 
every  one  from  him  that  swelleth  against  Mm,  | 
and  will  |  set  him  at  [  rest. 

7  The  words  of  the  Lord  are  |  pure  -  |  words  || 
even  as  the  silver  which  from  the  earth  is  tried, 
and  purified  |  seven  times  \  in  the  |  tire. 

8  Thou  shalt  keep  them,  |  O  -  |  Lord  ||  thou 
shalt  preserve  him  from  this  |  gener  |  ation  for  | 
ever. 

9  The  ungodly  wTalk  on  |  every  |  side  ||  when 
t*hey  are  exalted,  the  children  of  |  men  are  |  put 
to  re  |  buke. 

Psalm  xiii.     Usque  quo,  Domine  t 

HOW   long   wilt    thou   forget   me,    O   Lord;  j 
for  -  |  ever  ||  how  long  |  wilt  thou  |  hide  thy  | 
face  -  |  from  me  % 

2  How  long  shall  I  seek  counsel  in  my  soul, 
and  be  so  vexed  |  in  my  |  heart  ||  how  long  shall 
mine  |  enemies  |  triumph  |  over  me? 

3  Consider,  and  hear  me,  O  |  Lord  my  |  God  || 
lighten  my  eyes,  that  I  |  sleep  -  |  not  in  |  death; 

4  Lest  mine  enemy  say,  I  have  pre  |  vailed 
a  |  gainst  him  ||  for  if  I  be  cast  down,  they  |  that  | 
trouble  me  |  will  re  |  joice  at  it. 

5  But  my  trust  is  |  in  thy  |  mercy  ||  and  my 
heart  is  |  joyful  in  |  thy  sal  |  vation. 

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Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  2. 

6  I  will  sing  of  the  Lord,  because  he  hath 
dealt  so  |  lovingly  |  with  me  ||  yea,  I  will  praise 
the  Name  |  of  the  |  Lord  most  |  highest. 

Psalm  xiv.    Dixit  insipiens. 

THE    fool    hath    said  |  in    his  |  heart  ||  There  | 
is  -  |  no  -  |  God. 

2  They  are  corrupt,  and  become  abominable  j 
in  their  |  doings  ||  there  is  none  that  doeth  | 
good,  -  |  no  nut  |  one. 

3  The  Lord  looked  down  from  heaven  upon 
the  |  children  of  |  men  ||  to  see  if  there  were  any 
that  would  understand,  and  |  seek  -  |  after  |  God : 

4  But  they  are  all  gone  out  of  the  way,  they 
are  altogether  be  |  come  a  |  bominable  ||  there  is 
none  that  doeth  |  good,  -  |  no  not  |  one. 

5  Their  throat  is  an  open  sepulchre ;  with  their 
tongues  have  [  they  de  |  ceived  ||  the  poison  of  | 
asps  is  |  under  their  |  lips. 

6  Their  mouth  is  full  of  |  cursing,  and  [  bitter- 
ness ||  their  feet  are  |  swift  -  |  to  shed  |  blood. 

7  Destruction  and  unhappiness  is  in  their 
ways,  and  the  way  of  peace  have  they  |  not  I 
known  ||  there  is  no  fear  of  I  God  be  |  fore  their  | 


8  Have  they  no  knowledge,  that  they  are  all 
such  |  workers  of  |  mischief  ||  eating  up  my  peo- 
ple as  it  were  bread,  and  call  |  not  up  |  on  the  | 
Lord? 

9  There  were  they  brought  in  great  fear,  even 
where  |  no  fear  |  was  ||  for  God  is  in  the  gener  | 
ation  |  of  the  |  righteous. 

10  As  for  you,  ye  have  made  a  mock  at  the 

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Day  8.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

counsel  |  of  the  |  poor  ||  because   he   putteth  his  | 
trust  -  |  in  the  Lord. 

11  Who  shall  give  salvation  unto  Israel  out  of 
Sion  ?  When  the  Lord  turneth  the  captivity  |  of 
his  |  people  ||  then  shall  Jacob  rejoice,  and  |  Is- 
rael |  shall  be  |  glad. 


S&e  Will  H)<m 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  xv.    Domine,  quid  habitdbit  ? 

LORD,  who   shall   dwell  |  in   thy  |  tabernacle  J 
or  who  shall  rest  up  |  on  thy  |  holy  |  hill  ? 

2  Evenhethatleadethan  |  uncorrupt  |  life  ||  and 
doeth  the  thing  which  is  right,  and  speaketh 
the  |  truth  -  |  from  his  |  heart. 

3  lie  that  hath  used  no  deceit  in  his  tongue, 
nor  done  evil  |  to  his  |  neighbour  ||  and  j  hath 
not  |  slandered  his  |  neighbour. 

4  He  that  setteth  not  by  himself,  but  is  lowly 
in  |  his'  own  |  eyes  ||  and  maketh  much  of  |  them 
that  |  fear  the  |  Lord. 

5  He  that  sweareth  unto  his  neighbour,  and 
disap  |  pointeth  him  |  not  ||  though  it  |  were  to  | 
his  own  |  hindrance. 

6  He  that  hath  not  given  his  money  up  |  on  -  | 
usury  ||  nor  taken  re  |  ward  a  |  gainst  the  |  inno- 
cent. 

7  Whoso  doeth  |  these  -  j  things  |j  shall  I  nev  -  | 
er  -  |  fall. 

Psalm  xvi.     Conserva  me,  Domine. 

PRESERVE  me,  |  O  -  |  God  ||  for  in  |  thee  have 
I  I  put  my  I  trust. 

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Morning.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  3. 

2  O  my  soul  thou  hast  said  un  |  to  the  |  Lord  | 
Thou  art  my  God ;  my  goods  are  |  nothing  |  un- 
to |  thee. 

3  All  my  delight  is  upon  the  saints  that  are  |  in 
the  |  earth  |l  and  upon  such  |  as  ex  |  eel  in  |  virtue. 

4  But  they  that  run  after  an  |  other  ]  god  ] 
shall  |  have  -  |  great  -  |  trouble. 

5  Their  drink-offerings  of  blood  |  will  I  not  | 
offer  ||  neither  make  mention  of  their  |  names 
with  |  in  my  |  lips. 

o'  The  Lord  himself  is  the  portion  of  mine  in- 
heritance, and  |  of  my  |  cup  ||  thou  shalt  main  | 
tain  -  |  my  -  |  lot. 

7  The  lot  is  fallen  unto  me  in  a  |  fair  -  | 
ground  ||  yea,  I  have  a  |  goodly  |  lierit  |  age. 

8  I  will  thank  the  Lord  for  |  giving  me  | 
warning  ||  my  reins  also  chasten  me  |  in  the  j 
night  -  |  season. 


9  I  have  set  God 
is  on  my  right  hand, 


always  be  |  fore  me  |  for  he 
therefore  I  |  shall  not  |  fall. 

10  Wherefore  my  heart  was  glad,  and  my  |  glo- 
ry re  |  joiced  ||  my  flesh  also  |  shall  - 1  rest  in  |  hope. 

11  For  why  ?  thou  shalt  not  leave  my  |  soul 
in  |  hell  ||  neither  shalt  thou  suffer  thy  |  Holy 
One  to  |  sec  cor  |  ruption. 

1 2  Thou  shalt  show  me  the  path  of  life :  in 
thy  presence  is  the  |  fulness  of  |  joy  ||  and  at  thy 
right  hand  there  is  |  pleasure  for  |  ever  |  more. 

Psalm  xvii.    Exaudi,  Domine. 

HEAR  the  right,   O   Lord,  consider  |  my  com  | 
plaint  ||  and   hearken    unto    my   prayer   that 
goeth  not  |  out  of  |  feigned  |  lips. 


Day  3.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

2  Let  my  sentence  come  forth  |  from  thy  i 
presence  j|  and  let  thine  eyes  look  up  |  on  the  | 
thing  that  is  |  equal. 

3  Thou  hast  proved  and  visited  mine  heart  in 
the  night-season ;  thou  hast  tried  me,  and  shalt 
find  no  |  wickedness  |  in  me  ||  for  I  am  utterly 
purposed  that  my  |  mouth  shall  |  not  of  | 
fend. 

4  Because  of  men's  works  that  are  done 
against  the  words  |  of  thy  |  lips  ||  1  have  kept  me 
from  the  |  ways  of  |  the  de  |  stroyer. 

5  O  hold  thou  up  my  goings  |  in  thy  |  paths  | 
that  my  |  footsteps  |  slip  -  |  not. 

6  I  have  called  upon  thee,  O  God,  for  |  thou 
shalt  |  hear  me  ||  incline  thine  ear  to  me,  and  | 
hearken  un  |  to  my  j  words. 

7  Show  thy   marvellous   loving-kindness,   thou 
that   art   the   Saviour  of  them  which  put  their 
trust    in   |    thee  ||  from    such     as    re  |  sist    thy 
right  -  |  hand. 

8  Keep  me  as  the  apple  |  of  an  |  eye  ||  hide  me 
under  the  I  shadow  |  of  thy  |  wings. 

9  From  the  un  |  godly,  that  trouble  |  me  || 
mine  enemies  encompass  me  around  about,  to  | 
take  a  |  way  my  |  soul. 

10  They  are  inclosed  in  |  their  own  |  fat  ||  and 
their  month  |  speaketh  |  proud  -  |  things. 

11  They  lie  waiting  in  our  way  on  |  every  | 
side  ||  turning  their  eyes  |  down-  |  to  the  |  ground: 

12  Like  as  a  lion  that  is  greedy  |  of  his  |  prey  || 
and  as  it  were  a  lion's  whelp  |  lurking  in  |  se- 
cret |  places. 

13  Up,  Lord,   disappoint  him,   and  cast  him  | 

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Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  3. 

down  ||  deliver  my  soul  from  the  ungodly,  winch  | 
is  a  |  sword  of  |  thine. 

14  From  the  men  of  thy  hand,  O  Lokd,  from 
the  men,  I  say,  and  from  the  |  evil  |  world  n  which 
have  their  portions  in  this  life,  whose  bellies  thou  | 
Idlest  with  |  thy  hid  |  treasure. 

15  They  have  children  at  |  their  de  |  sire  ||  and 
leave  the  rest  of  their  |  substance  |  for  their  | 
babes. 

16  But  as  for  me,  I  will  behold  thy  j  pres- 
ence in  |  righteousness  ||  and  when  1  awake  up 
after  thy  likeness,  1  |  shall  be  |  satislied  |  with  it. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  xviii.    Dilijam  te,  Domine. 

I  WILL  love  thee,  O  Lord,  my  strength.  The 
Lord  is  my  stony  rock,  and  |  my  de  |  fence  || 
my  Saviour;  my  God,  and  my  might,  in  whom 
I  will  trust;  my  buckler,  the  horn  also  of  my 
sal  |  vation,  |  and  my  |  refuge. 

2  I  will  call  upon  the  Lord,  which  is  worthy  I 
to  be  |  praised  ||  so  shall  I  be  |  safe  -  |  from  mine  | 
enemies. 

3  The  sorrows  of  death  |  compassed  |  me  ||  and 
the  overflowings  of  ungodliness  |  made  -  |  me  a  | 
fraid. 

4  The  pains  of  hell  |  came  a  |  bout  me  ||  the 
snares  of  |  death  -  |  over  |  took  me. 

5  In  my  trouble  1  will  call  up  |  on  the  |  Lord  || 
and  coin  |  plain  un  |  to  my  |  God  : 

6  So  shall  he  hear  my  voice  out  of  his  I  holy  | 

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Day  3.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evening. 

temple  ||  and    my   complaint    shall    come    before 
him ;  it  shall  enter  |  even  |  into  his  |  ears. 

7  The  earth  |  trembled  and  |  quaked  ||  the  very 
foundations  also  of  the  hills  shook,  and  were  re- 
moved, be  |  cause  -  |  he  was  |  wroth. 

8  There  went  a  smoke  out  |  in  his  |  presence  [ 
and  a  consuming  lire  out  of  his  mouth,  so  that  | 
coals  were  |  kindled  |  at  it. 

9  He  bowed  the  heavens  also,  |  and  came  | 
down  ||  and  it  was  |  dark  -  |  under  his  |  feet. 

10  He  rode  upon  the  cherubim,  |  and  did  |  fly  || 
he  came  flying  upon  the  |  win^s  -  |  of  the  |  wind. 

11  He  made  darkness  his  |  secret  |  place  ||  his 
pavilion  round  about  him  with  dark  water,  and 
thick  |  clouds  to  |  cover  |  him. 

12  At  the  brightness  of  his  presence  his  |  clouds 
re  |  moved  ||  hailstones  |  and  -  |  coals  of  |  lire. 

13  The  Lord  also  thundered  out  of  heaven,  and 
the  Highest  |  gave  his  |  thunder  ||  hailstones  | 
and  -  |  coals  of  |  lire. 

14  He  sent  out  his  |  arrows,  and  |  scattered 
them  ||  he  cast  forth  |  lightnings,  |  and  de  | 
stroyed  them. 

15  The  springs  of  waters  were  seen,  and  the 
foundations  of  the  round  world  were  discovered  at 
thy  |  chiding,  O  |  Lord  ||  at  the  blasting  of  the  | 
breath  of  |  thy  d;s  |  pleasure. 

16  He  shall  send  down  from  on  |  high  to  |  fetch 
me  ||  and  shall  take  me  |  out  of  |  many  |  wa- 
ters. 

17  He  shall  deliver  me  from  my  strongest 
enemy,  and  from  |  them  which  |  hate  me  ||  for 
they     are  too  |  mighty  I  for  me. 

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Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  3. 

IS  They  prevented  me  in  the  day  |  of  my  \ 
trouble  ||  but  the  |  Lord  was  |  my  up  |  holder. 

19  He  brought  me  forth  also  into  a  |  place  of  | 
liberty  1 1  he  brought  me  forth,  even  because  he  had 
a  |  favour  |  unto  |  me. 

20  The  Lord  shall  reward  me  after  my  |  right- 
eous |  dealing  ||  according  to  the  cleanness  of  my 
hands  |  shall  he  |  recom  |  pense  me. 

21  Because  I  have  kept  the  ways  |  of  the 
LoRn  ||  and  have  not  forsaken  my  God,  |  as  the 
wicked  |  doth. 

22  For  I  have  an  eye  unto  |  all  his  |  laws  || 
and  will  not  cast  out  |  his  com  |  mandments  | 
from  me. 

23  I  was  also  uncor  |  rupt  be  |  fore  him  ||  and 
es  |  chewed  |  my  own  |  wickedness. 

24  Therefore  shall  the  Loud  reward  me  after 
my  |  righteous  |  dealing  ||  and  according  unto  the 
cleanness  of  my  |  hands  -  |  in  his  |  eyesight. 

25  With  the  holy  thou  |  shalt  be  |  holy  ||  and 
with  a  perfect  man  |  thou  :  |  shalt  be  |  perfect. 

26  With  the  clean  thou  |  shalt  be  |  clean  |)  and 
with  the  |  froward  thou  |  shalt  learn  |  froward- 
ness. 

27  For  thou  shalt  save  the  people  that  are  |  in 
ad  |  versity  ||  and  shalt  bring  down  the  |  high 
looks  |  of  the  |  proud. 

28  Thou  also  shalt  |  light  my  |  candle  ||  the 
Lord  my  God  shalt  make  my  |  darkness  |  to  be  | 
light. 

29  For  in  thee  I  shall  discomfit  an  |  host  of  | 
men  ||  and  with  the  help  of  my  God  I  shall 
leap  -  |  over  the  I  wall. 

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Day  3.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evening. 

30  The  way  of  God  is  an  unde  |  filed  |  way  || 
the  word  of  the  Lord  also  is  tried  in  the  lire :  he 
is  the  defender  of  all  them  that  |  put  their  |  trust 
in  |  him. 

31  For  who  is  God,  |  but  the  |  Lord  ||  or  who 
hath  any  |  strength,  ex  |  cept  our  |  God? 

32  It  is  God  that  girdeth  me  with  |  strength 
of  ]  war  ||  and  |  maketh  |  my  way  |  perfect. 

33  He  maketh  my  |  feet  like  |  hart's  feet  || 
and  |  setteth.  me  |  upon  |  high. 

34  He  teaeheth  mine  |  hands  to  |  fight  ||  and 
mine  arms  shall  break  |  even  a  |  bow  of  |  steel. 

35  Thou  hast  given  me  the  defence  of  |  thy 
sal  |  vation  ||  thy  right  hand  also  shall  hold  me  up, 
and  thy  loving  cor  |  rection  shall  |  make  me  |  great. 

36  Thou  shalt  make  room  enough  under  me 
for  to  |  go  ||  that  my  |  footsteps  |  shall  not 
slide. 

37  I  will  follow  upon  mine  enemies,  and  | 
over  |  take  them  ||  neither  will  I  turn  again  |  till 
I  |  have  de  |  stroyed  them. 

38  I  will  smite  them,  that  they  shall  not  be  | 
able  to  |  stand  ||  but  |  fall  -  |  under  my  |  feet. 

39  Thou  hast  girded  me  with  strength  un  |  to 
the  |  battle  ||  thou  shalt  throw  down  mine  |  ene- 
mies |  under  |  me. 

40  Thou  hast  made  mine  enemies  also  to  turn 
their  |  backs  up  |  on  me  ||  and  I  shall  de  |  stroy  -  | 
them  that  |  hate  me. 

41  They  shall  cry,  but  there  shall  be  |  none 
to  |  help  them  ||  yea,  even  unto  the  Lord  shall 
they  cry,  |  but  he  |  shall  not  |  hear  them. 

42  I  will  beat  them  as  small  as  the  dust   be  | 

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Corning.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  4. 

fore   the  |  wind  ||  I    will    cast  them   out    as    the  | 
clay  -  |  iti  the  |  streets. 

43  Thou  shalt  deliver  me  from  the  strivings 
of  the  |  people  ||  and  thou  shalt  make  me  the 
head  -  |  of  the  |  heathen. 

44  A  people  whom  1 1  have  not  |  known  ||  shall  | 
serve  -  |  -  -  |  me. 

45  As  soon  as  they  hear  of  me,  they  |  shall  o 
bey  me  ||  but  the  strange  children  j  shall  dis 
semble  |  with  me. 

46  The  strange  |  children  shall  |  fail  ||  and  be 
a  j  fraid  out  |  of  their  |  prisons. 

47  The  Lord  liveth,  and  blessed  be  |  my 
strong  |  helper  ||  and  praised  be  the  |  God  of  |  my 
sal  |  vation  : 

48  Even  the  God  that  seeth  that  I  |  be  a  | 
venged  ||  and  subdueth  the  |  people  |  unto  |  me. 

49  It  is  he  that  delivereth  me  from  my  cruel 
enemies,  and  setteth  me  up  a  |  bove  mine  |  ad- 
versaries ||  thou  shalt  rid  me  |  from  the  |  wicked  j 
man. 

50  For  this  cause  will  I  give  thanks  unto  thee, 
O  Lord,  a  |  mong  the  |  Gentiles  ||  and  sing  | 
praises  |  unto  thy  |  Xame. 

51  Great  prosperity  giveth  he  un  |  to  his  | 
King  ||  and  showTeth  loving-kindness  unto  David, 
his  Anointed,  and  unto  his  |  seed  for  |  ever  |  more. 


<!Ti)c  JFourtij  33an. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  xix.     Cceli  enarrant. 

THE  heavens  declare  the  |  glory  of  |  God  ||  and 
the  firmament  |  showTeth  his  |  handy  |  work. 
h  85 


Day  4.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

2  One  day  |  telleth  an  |  other  ||  and  one  night  | 
certi  |  fieth  an  |  other. 

3  There  is  neither  |  speech  nor  |  language  [ 
but  their  |  voices  are  |  heard  a  |  mong  them. 

4  Their  sound  is  gone  out  into  |  all  -  |  lauds  || 
and  their  words  into  the  |  ends  -  |  of  the  |  world. 

5  In  them  hath  he  set  a  tabernacle  |  for  the  | 
sun  ||  which  cometh  forth  as  a  bridegroom  out  of 
his  chamber,  and  rejoiceth  as  a  |  giant  to  |  run 
his  |  course. 

6  It  goeth  forth  from  the  uttermost  parts  of  the 
heaven,  and  runneth  about  unto  the  end  of  |  it 
a  |  gain  ||  and  there  is  nothing  |  hid  from  the  | 
heat  there  |  of. 

7  The  law  of  the  Lord  is  an  undeiiled  law, 
con  |  verting  the  |  soul  ||  the  testimony  of  the 
Lord  is  sure,  and  giveth  |  wisdom  |  unto  the  | 
simple. 

8  The  statutes  of  the  Lord  are  right,  and  re  J 
joice  the  I  heart  ||  the  commandment  of  the  Lord 
is  pure,  and  giveth  |  light  un  |  to  the  |  eyes. 

9  The  fear  of  the  Loud  is  clean,  and  en  | 
dureth  for  |  ever  ||  the  judgments  of  the  Lord  are 
true,  and  j  righteous  |  alto  |  gether. 

10  More  to  be  desired  are  they  than  gold,  yea, 
than  |  much  tine  |  gold  ||  sweeter  also  than 
honey,  |  and  the  |  honey  |  comb. 

1 1  Moreover,  by  them  is  thy  |  servant  |  taught  || 
and  in  keeping  of  them  |  there  is  |  great  re  |  ward. 

12  Who  can  tell  how  |  oft  he  of  |  fendeth  || 
O  cleanse  thou  me  |  from  my  j  secret  |  faults. 

13  Keep  thy  servant  also  from  presumptuous 
sins,  lest   they  get   the  dominion  |  over  I  me  ||  so 

8(3 


Morning.]  THE  PSALTER  [Day  4. 

shall   I   be   undefiled,    and   innocent  |  from   the 
great  of  [  fence. 

14  Let  the  words  of  my  mouth,  and  the  medi- 
tation |  of  nay  |  heart  ||  be  always  ac  |  eeptable  | 
in  thy  j  sight. 

15  O  |  --  [  Lord  ||  my  |  strength  and  |  my  re  j 
deemer. 


Psalm  xx.    Exaudiat  te,  Domimis. 

THE   Lord  hear  thee  in  the  |  day  of  |  trouble  j 
the   Name   of  the  |  God   of  |  Jacob  de  |  fend 
thee : 

2  Send  thee  help  |  from  the  |  sanctuary  ||  and  I 
strengthen  thee  |  out  of  |  Sion  : 

3  llemember  |  all  thy  |  offerings  ||  and  ac  |  cept 
thy  |  burnt  -  |  sacrifice : 

L  Grant  thee  thy  I  heart's  de  I  sire  ||  and  ful  j 
fil  -  |  all  thy  |  mind. 

5  We  will  rejoice  in  thy  salvation,  and  tri- 
umph in  the  Name  of  the  |  Lokd  our  |  God  ||  the 
Lokd  per  |  form  all  |  thy  pe  |  titions. 

6  Now   know    1    that    the    Lord    helpeth    his 
Anointed,    and    will    hear    him   from    his  |  holy  j 
heaven  ||  even  with   the  wholesome  |  strength  of 
his  right  |  hand. 

7  Some  put  their  trust  in  chariots,  and  |  some 
in  |  horses  ||  but  we  will  remember  the  |  Name  of 
the  |  Lord  our  |  God. 

8  They  are  brought  |  down  and  |  fallen  ||  but 
we  are  |  risen,  and  |  stand  -  |  upright. 

9  Save,    Lord;    and    hear    us,     0  |  King    of 
heaven  ||  when  we  |  call  up  |  on  -  |  thee. 

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Day  4.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

Psalm  xxi.    Doraine,  in  virtute  tua. 

rpiIE  King  shall  rejoice  in  thy  |  strength,  O  | 
J-  Lord  ||  exceeding  glad  shall  he  |  be  of  |  thy 
sal  |  vation. 

2  Thou  hast  given  him  his  |  heart's  de  |  sire  | 
and  hast  not  denied  him  the  re  |  quest  -  |  of  his  | 
lips. 

3  For  thou  shalt  prevent  him  witli  the  |  bless- 
ings of  |  goodness  j|  and  shalt  set  a  crown  of  pure  | 
gold  up  |  on  his  |  head. 

4  He  asked  life  of  thee,  and  thou  gavest  him 
a  |  long  -  |  lite  ||  even  |  for  -  j  ever  and  |  ever. 

5  His  honour  is  great  in  |  thy  sal  |  vation  || 
glory  and  great  worship  |  shalt  thou  |  lay  up  |  on 
him. 

6  For  thou  shalt  give  him  ever  |  lasting  fe  | 
licity  ||  and  make  him  glad  wTith  the  |  joy  -  |  of 
thy  |  countenance. 

7  And  why  ?  because  the  King  putteth  his 
trust  |  in  the  |  Lord  ||  and  in  the  mercy  of  the 
Most  Highest  |  he  shall  |  not  mis  |  carry. 

8  All  thine  enemies  shall  |  feel  thy  |  hand  || 
thy  right  hand  shall  |  find  out  |  them  that  |  hate 
thee. 

9  Thou  shalt  make  them  likd  a  fiery  oven  in 
time  |  of  thy  |  wrath  ||  the  Lord  shall  destroy 
them  i:i  his  displeasure,  and  the  |  lire  -  |  shall 
con  |  suine  them. 

10  Their  fruit  shalt  thou  root  out  |  of  the  | 
earth  H  and  their  seed  from  a  |  mong  the  |  chil- 
dren of  |  men. 

li  For     they     intended   |   mischief     a  |  gainst 
88 


Evetttng.]  TIIE  PSALTER.  [Day  4. 

thee  ||  and    imagined    such    a  device    as  they   are 
not  |  able  |  to  per  |  form. 

V>  Therefore  shalt  thou  put  |  them  to  [  flight  || 
and  the  strings  of  thy  bow  shalt  thou  make  ready 
a  |  gainst  the  |  face  of  |  them. 

13  Be  thou  exalted,  Lord,  in  |  thine  own 
strength  ||  so  will  we  |  sing,  and  |  praise  thy 
power. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  xsii.    Dcus,  Deus  mens  ! 

MY  God  !  my  God !  look  upon  me ;  why  hast 
thou  for  |  saken  |  me  ||  and  art  so  far  from 
my  health,  and  from  the  |  words  of  |  my  com  | 
plaint '{ 

2  O  my  God,  I  cry  in  the  day-time:  but 
thou  |  nearest  |  not  >|  and  in  the  night-season  also 
I  |  take  -  |  no  -  |  rest. 

3  And  thou  con  |  tinuest  |  holy  ||  O  thou  |  Wor- 
ship of  |  Isra  ]  el. 

4  Our  fathers  |  hoped  in  |  thee  ||  they  trusted 
in  thee,  and  thou  |  didst  de  |  liver  |  them. 

5  They  called  upon  thee,  |  and  were  |  holpen  || 
they  put  their  trust  in  thee,  |  and  were  |  not  con- 
founded. 

6  But  as  for  me,  I  am  a  worm,  and  |  no  -  |  man  | 
a  very  scorn  of  men,  and  the  |  outcast  |  of  the  | 
people. 

7  All  they  that  see  me  |  laugh  me  to  |  scorn  | 
they  shoot  out  their  lips,  and  |  shake  their  | 
heads,  -  |  saying, 

8  He  trusted  in  God,  that  he  would  de  j  liver  | 

h*  81) 


Day  4.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evening. 

him  ||  let  him  deliver  him,  |  if  he  |  will  -  |  have 
him. 

9  But  thou  art  he  that  took  me  out  of  my  | 
mother's  |  womb  ||  thou  wast  my  hope,  when  I 
hanged  yet  up  |  on  my  |  mother's  |  breasts. 

10  I  have  been  left  unto  thee  ever  |  since  I 
was  |  born  ||  thou  art  my  God  even  |  from  my  | 
mother's  |  womb. 

11  O  go  not  from  me ;  for  trouble  is  |  hard  at  | 
hand  ||  and  |  there  is  |  none  to  |  help  me. 

12  Many  oxen  are  |  come  a  |  bout  me  ||  fat  bulls 
of  Basan  close  me  |  in  on  |  every  |  side. 

13  Tliey  gape  upon  me  |  with  their  |  mouths  || 
as  it  were  a  ramping  |  and  a  |  roaring  |  lion. 

14  I  am  poured  out  like  water,  and  all  my 
bones  are  |  out  of  |  joint  ||  my  heart  also  in  the 
midst  of  my  body  is  |  even  like  |  melting  |  wax. 

15  My  strength  is  dried  up  like  a  potsherd, 
and  my  tongue  cleaveth  |  to  my  |  gums  ||  and 
thou  shalt  bring  me  in  |  to  the  |  dust  of  |  death. 

16  For  many  dogs  are  |  come  a  |  bout  me  || 
and  the  counsel  of  the  wicked  |  layeth  |  siege 
a  |  gainst  me. 

17  They  pierced  my  hands  and  my  feet;  I 
may  tell  |  all  my  |  bones  ||  they  stand  |  staring 
and  |  looking  up  |  on  me. 

18  They  part  my  |  garments  a  |  mong  them  || 
and  cast  |  lots  up  |  on  my  |  vesture. 

19  But  be  not  thou  far  from  me,  |  XZ>  —  j  Lord  || 
thou  art  my  succour,  |  haste  |  thee  to  |  help  me. 

20  Deliver  my  |  soul  from  the  |  sword  ||  my 
darling  from  the  |  power  |  of  the  |  dog. 

21  Save    me   from   the  I  lion's  I  mouth  ||  thou 

90 


Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  4. 

Last  heard  me  also  from  a  |  inong  the  |  horns  of 
the  |  unicorns. 

22  I  will  declare  thy  Name  im  |  to  my  |  breth- 
ren ||  in  the  midst  of  the  congregation  |  will  I  | 
praise  -  |  thee. 

23  O  praise  the  Lord  |  ye  that  |  fear  him  || 
magnify  him,  all  ye  of  the  seed  of  Jacob,  and 
fear  him  |  all  ye  |  seed  of  |  Israel. 

2±  For  he  hath  not  despised  nor  abhorred  the 
low  estate  |  of  the  |  poor  ||  he  hath  not  hid  his 
face  from  him ;  but  when  he  called  |  unto  |  him 
he  |  heard  him. 

25  My  praise  is  of  thee  in  the  great  |  congre- 
gation ||  my  vows  will  I  perform  in  the  |  sight 
of  |  them  that  |  fear  him. 

26  The  poor  shall  eat,  ]  and  be  |  satisfied  || 
they  that  seek  after  the  Lord,  shall  praise  him ; 
your  |  heart  shall  |  live  for  |  ever. 

27  All  the  ends  of  the  world  shall  remember 
themselves,  and  be  turned  un  |  to  the  |  Lord  || 
and  all  the  kindreds  of  the  nations  shall  |  worship 
be  |  fore  -  |  him. 

28  For  the  kingdom  |  is  the  |  Lord's  ||  and  he 
is  the  |  Governor  a  |  mong  the  |  people. 

29  All  such  as  be  fat  up  |  on  -  |  earth  ||  have 
eaten,  and  |  worship  |  ped. 

30  All  they  that  go  down  into  the  dust  shall  | 
kneel  be  |  fore  him  ||  and  no  man  hath  |  quicken- 
ed |  his  own  |  soul. 

31  My  |  seed  shall  |  serve  him  ||  they  shall  be 
counted  unto  the  |  Lord  for  a  |  gener  |  ation. 

32  They  shall  come,  and  the  heavens  shall  de  | 

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Day  5.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

clare  his  |  righteousness  ||  unto  a  people  that  shall 
be  born,  |  whom  the  |  Lord  hath  |  made. 

Psalm  xxiii.    Dominus  regit  me. 

THE    Lord  I  is   my  |  shepherd  |j  therefore  |  can 
T  |  lack  -  |  nothing. 

2  He  shall  feed  me  in  a  |  green  -  |  pasture  || 
and  lead  me  forth  be  |  side  the  |  waters  of  |  com- 
fort. 

3  He  shall  con  |  vert  my  |  soul  ||  and  bring  me 
forth  in  the  paths  of  righteousness  |  for  his  | 
Name's  -  |  sake. 

4  Yea.  though  I  walk  through  the  valley  of 
the  shadow  of  death,  I  will  |  fear  no  |  evil  | 
for  thou  art  with  me ;  thy  rod  and  thy  |  staff  -  | 
comfort  |  me. 

5  Thou  shalt  prepare  a  table  before  me  against  i 
them  that  |  trouble  me  j|  thou  hast  anointed  my 
head  with  oil,  |  and  my  |  cup  shall  be  |  full. 

6  But  thy  loving-kindness  and  mercy  shall 
follow  me  all  the  days  |  of  my  |  life  ||  and  I  will 
dwell  in  the  house  ]  of  the  |  Lord  for  |  ever. 


£l)e  JFfftt)   Saw. 

HORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  xxiv.    Domini  est  terra. 

THE  earth  is  the  Lord's,  and  all  that  |  therein  | 
is  ||  the    compass    of    the    world,    and   |   they 
that  i  dwell  there  |  in. 

2  For   he   hath  founded   it  up  |  on  the  |  seas  || 
and  prepared  |  it  up  |  on  the  |  Hoods. 

3  Who    shall    ascend    into   the   hill  |  of    the  | 

92 


Morning.  J  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  5. 

Lord  II  or    who    shall    rise    up   |   in    his  |  holy  I 
place  ? 

4  Even  he  that  hath  clean  hands,  and  a  | 
pure  -  |  heart  ||  and  that  hath  not  lift  up  Ins  mind 
unto  vanity,  nor  |  sworn  to  de  |  ceive  his  |  neigh- 
bour. 

5  He  shall  receive  the  blessing  |  from  the  | 
Lord  ||  and  righteousness  from  the  |  God  of  |  his 
sal  |  vation. 

6  This  is  the  generation  of  |  them  that  |  seek 
him  ||  even  of  them  that  |  seek  thy  |  face,  O  | 
Jacob. 

7  Lift  up  your  heads,  O  ye  gates;  and  be  ye 
lift  up,  ye  ever  |  lasting  |  doors  ||  and  the  King 
of  |  glory  |  shall  come  |  in. 

8  Who  is  the  |  King  of  |  glory  ?  ||  It  is  the  Lord 
strong  and  mighty,  even  the  |  Lord  -  |  mighty 
in  |  battle. 

1)  Lift  up  your  heads,  O  ye  gates ;  and  be  ye 
lift  up,  ye  ever  |  lasting  |  doors  ||  and  the  King 
of  |  glory  |  shall  come  |  in. 

iO  Who  is  the  |  King  of  |  glory?  ||  Even  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  |  he  is  the  |  King  of  |  glory. 

Psalm  xxv.    Ad  te,  Domine,  levavi. 

TTKTO  thee,  O  Lord,  will  I  lift  up  my  soul ;  my 
U    God,  I  have  put  my  |  trust  in  |  thee  ||  O  let 
me  not  be  confounded,  neither  let  mine  enemies  | 
triumph  |  over  |  me. 

2  For  all  they  that  hope  in  thee  shall  not  |  be 
a  |  shamed  ||  but    such    as    transgress   without    a 
cause  |  shall  be  I  put  to  con  |  fusion. 
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Day  5  ]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

3  Show  me  thy  |  ways,  O  |  Lord  ||  and  | 
teach  -  |  me  thy  |  paths. 

4  Lead  me  forth  in  thy  |  truth,  and  |  learn 
me  ||  for  thou  art  the  God  of  my  salvation;  in 
thee  hath  been  my  |  hope  -  |  all  the  day  |  long. 

5  Call  to  remembrance,  0  Lord,  thy  |  tender  | 
mercies  ||  and  thy  loving-kindnesses,  which  |  have 
been  |  ever  of  |  old. 

6  O  remember  not  the  sins  and  offences  |  of 
my  |  youth  ||  but  according  to  thy  mercy  think 
thou  upon  me,  O  |  L>ro,  -  |  for  thy  |  goodness. 

7  Gracious  and  righteous  |  is  the  |  Lord  | 
theretbre  will  he  teach  |  sinners  |  in  the  |  way. 

8  Them  that  are  meek  shall  he  |  guide  in  | 
judgment  ||  and  such  as  are  gentle,  |  them  shall 
lie  |  learn  his  |  way. 

(J  All  the  paths  of  the  Lord  are  |  mercy  and  | 
truth  ||  unto  such  as  keep  his  |  covenant  j  and 
his  |  testimonies. 

10  For  thy  Name's  sake,  |  O  -  |  Lord  ||  be  mer- 
ciful unto  my  |  sin,  for  |  it  is  |  great. 

11  What  man  is  he  that  |  feareth  the  |  Lord  || 
him  shall  he  teach  in  the  |  way  that  |  he  shall  | 
choose. 

12  11  is  soul  shall  |  dwell  at  |  ease  ||  and  his  | 
seed  shall  in  |  herit  the  |  land. 

13  The  secret  of  the  Lord  is  among  |  them 
that  |  fear  him  ||  and  he  will  |  shew  -  |  them  his  | 
covenant. 

14  Mine  eyes  are  ever  looking  mi  |  to  the  | 
Lord  |j  for  he  shall  pluck  my  |  feet  out  |  of  the  |  net. 

15  Turn  thee  unto  me,  and  h  ive  |  mercy  up  | 
on  me  ||  for  I  am  |  desolate  |  and  in  |  misery. 

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Morning.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  5. 

16  The  sorrows  of  my  heart  |  are  en  |  larged  || 
O  bring  thou  me  |  out  -  |  of  my  |  troubles. 

17  Look  upon  my  adversity  |  and  -  |  misery  | 
and  for  |  give  me  \  all  my  |  sin. 

18  Consider  mine  enemies,  how  |  many  they  | 
are  ||  and  they  bear  a  |  tyrannous  I  hate  a  |  gainst 
me. 

19  0  keep  my  soul  |  and  de  |  liver  me  ||  let  me 
not  be  confounded,  for  I  have  |  put  my  |  trust  in  | 
thee. 

20  Let  perfectness  and  righteous  dealing  i 
wait  up  |  on  me  ||  for  my  |  hope  hath  |  been  in  | 
thee. 

21  Deliver  Israel,  |  O  -  |  God  ||  out  of  |  all  -  | 
his  -  |  troubles. 

Psalm  xsvi.    Judica  me,  Domine. 

BE  thou  my  judge,  O  Lord,  fur  I  have  |  walk- 
ed |  innocently  [|  my  trust  hath  been   also  in 
the  Lord.  |  therefore  j  shall  I  not  |  fall. 

2  Examine  me,  O  j  Loed,  and  |  prove  me  ||  try 
out  my  |  reins  -  |  and  my  |  heart. 

3  For  thy  loving-kindness  is  ever  be  |  fore 
mine  |  eyes  ||  and  I  will  |  walk  -  |  in  thy  |  truth. 

4  I  have  not  dwelt  with  |  vain  -  |  persons  |] 
neither  will  I  have  |  fellowship  |  with  the  de  | 
ceitful. 

5  I  have  hated  the  congregation  |  of  the  j 
wicked  ||  and  will  not  |  sit  a  |  mong  the  un  | 
godly. 

6  I  will  wash  my  hands  in  innoceney,  [  O  -  j 
Loud  ||  and  so  will  I  |  go  -  |  to  thine  |  altar; 

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Day  5.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evening. 

7  That   I   may   show   the    voice  of  |  thanks  -  | 
giving  ||  and  tell  of  |  all  thy  |  wondrous  |  works. 

8  Lord,  I  have  loved  the  habitation  |  of  thy 
house  ||  and  the  place  |  where  thine  |  honour 
dwelleth. 

9  O  shut  not  up  my  soul  |  with  the  |  sinners  || 
nor  my  life  |  with  the  |  blood  -  |  thirsty ; 

10  In  whose  |  hands  is  |  wickedness  ||  and  their 
right  |  hand  is  |  fall  of  |  gifts. 

11  But  as  for  me,  I  will  |  walk  -  |  innocently  || 
O  deliver  me,  and  be  |  merciful  |  unto  |  me. 

12  My    foot  |  standeth  |  right  \\  I    will    praise 
the  |  Lord  in  the  |  congre  |  gations. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  xxvii.    Dominus  illuminatio. 

THE  Lord  is  my  light  and  my  salvation ;  whom 
then  |  shall  I  j  fear  ||  the  Lord  is  the  strength 
of  my  life ;  of  whom  then  |  shall  I  |  be  a  |  fraid  ? 

'2  When  the  wicked,  even  mine  enemies  and 
my  foes,  came  upon  me  to  eat  |  up  my  |  ilesh  || 
they  |  stum  -  |  bled  and  |  fell. 

3  Though  a  host  of  men  were  laid  against  me, 
yet  shall  not  my  |  heart  be  a  |  fraid  ||  and  though 
there  rose  up  war  against  me,  yet  will  I  |  put 
my  |  trust  in  |  him. 

4  One  thing  have  I  desired  of  the  Lord,  which 
I  |  will  re  |  quire  ||  even  that  I  may  dwell  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord  all  the  days  of  my  life,  to  be- 
hold the  fair  beauty  of  the  Lord,  |  and  to  |  visit 
his  |  temple. 


Evening.]  TIIE  PSALTER.  [Day  5. 

5  For  in  the  time  of  trouble  he  shall  hide  me  I 
in  his  |  tabernacle  ||  yea,  in  the  secret  place  of 
his  dwelling  shall  he  hide  me,  and  set  me  up 
up  |  on  a  |  rock  of  |  stone. 

6  And  now  shall  he  lift  |  up  mine  |  head  || 
above  /nine  j  enemies  |  round  a  |  bout  me. 

7  Therefore  will  I  offer  in  his  dwelling  an  obla- 
tion, |  with  great  |  gladness  ||  I  will  sing  and 
speak  |  praises  |  unto  the  |  Lord. 

8  Hearken  unto  my  voice,  O  Lord,  when  I 
cry  unto  |  thee  |  have  mercy  up  |  on  me,  |  and  - 
hear  me. 

9  My  heart  hath  talked  of  thee,  |  Seek  ye  my  | 
face  ||  thy  face,  |  Lord  -  |  will  I  |  seek. 

10  O  hide  not  thou  thy  |  face  from  |  me  ||  nor 
cast  thy  servant  a  |  way  -  |  in  dis  j  pleasure. 

11  Thou  hast  |  been  my  |  succour  ||  leave  me 
not,  neither  forsake  me,  O  |  God  of  |  my  sal  | 
vation. 

12  YvTien  my  father  and  my  |  mother  for  | 
sake  me,  j|  the  Lord  -  |  taketh  me  |  up. 

13  Teach  me  thy  |  way,  O  |  Lord  ||  and  lead  me 
in  the  right  way,  be  |  cause  -  |  of  mine  I  enemies. 

li  Deliver  me  not  over  into  the  will  |  of  mine  | 
adversaries  ||  for  there  are  false  witnesses  risen 
up  against  me,  and  |  such  -  |  as  speak  |  wrong. 

15  I  should  |  utterly  have  |  fainted  ||  but  that 
I  believe  verily  to  see  the  goodness  of  the  Lord  | 
in  the  |  land  of  the  |  living. 

16  O  tarry  thou  the  |  Lord's  -  |  leisure  ||  be 
strong,  and  he  shall  comfort  thine  heart;  and 
put  |  thou  thy  |  trust  in  the  |  Lord. 

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Day '5.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evening. 

Psalm  xxviii.    Ad  te,  Domine. 

UNTO  thee  will  I  cry,  O  |  Lord,  ray  |  strength  j 
think  no  scorn  of  me;  lest,  if  thou  make  as 
though  thou  nearest  not,  I  become  like  them  that 
go  |  down  in  |  to  the  |  pit. 

2  Hear  the  voice  of  my  humble  petitions,  when 
I  |  cry  unto  |  thee  ||  when  1  hold  up  my  hands 
towards  the  niorcy-seat  |  of  thy  |  holy  |  temple. 

3  O  pluck  me  not  away,  neither  destroy  me 
with  the  ungodly  and  |  wicked  |  doers  ||  which 
speak  friendly  to  their  neighbours,  but  imagine  | 
mischief  |  in  their  |  hearts. 

4  Reward  them  according  |  to  their  |  deeds  || 
and  according  to  the  wickedness  |  of  their  |  own 
in  |  ventions. 

5  Recompense  them  after  the  work  of  their  | 
hands  ||  pay  them  |  that  they  |  have  de     served. 

6  For  they  regard  not  in  their  mind  the  works 
of  the  Lord,  nor  the  operation  |  of  his  |  hands  || 
therefore  shall  he  break  them  down,  and  |  not  -  | 
build  them  |  up. 

7  Praised  |  be  the  |  Lord  ||  for  he  hath  heard 
the  voice  |  of  my  |  humble  pe  |  titions. 

8  The  Lord  is  my  strength,  and  my  shield ; 
my  heart  hath  trusted  in  him,  and  |  I  am  |  help- 
ed ||  therefore  my  heart  danceth  for  joy,  and  in 
my  |  song  -  |  will  I  |  praise  him. 

9  The  Lord  |  is  my  |  strength  ||  and  he  is  the 
wholesome  de  |  fence  of  |  his  A  |  nointed. 

10  0  save  thy  people,  and  give  thy  blessing 
unto  |  thine  in  |  heritance  ||  feed  them,  and  | 
set  them  |  up  for  |  ever. 


Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  5 

Psalm  xxix.    Afferte  Domino. 

BRIXG   unto   the    Lord,  O    ye    mighty,   bring 
young  rams  ira  |  to  the  |  Lord  ||  ascribe  unto 
the  |  Lord  -  |  worship  and  |  strength. 

2  (rive  the  Lord  the  honour  due  un  |  to  his  | 
ISTame  ||  worship  the  |  Lord  with  |  holy  |  wor- 
ship. 

3  It  is  the  Lord  that  com  mandeth  the  | 
waters  ||  it  is  the  glorious  |  God  that  |  maketh 
the  |  thunder. 

i  It  is  the  Lord  that  ruleth  the  sea;  the  voice 
of  the  Lord  is  mighty  in  |  oper  |  ation  j|  the  voice 
of  the  Lord  |  is  a  |  glorious  |  voice. 

5  The  voice  of  the  Lord  breaketh  the  |  cedar 
trees  ||  yea,  the  Lord  |  breaketh  the  |  cedars  of 
Libanus. 

()  He  maketh  them  also  to  |  skip  like  a  |  calf  || 
Libanus  also,  and  Sirion  |  like  a  |  young  -  |  uni- 
corn. 

7  The  voice  of  the  Lord  divideth  the  flames 
of  fire  ;  the  voice  of  the  Lord  |  shaketh  the  | 
wilderness  ||  yea,  the  Lord  shaketh  the  |  wilder- 
ness of  |  Cades. 

8  The  voice  of  the  Lord  maketh  the  hinds  to 
bring   forth    young,  and   discovereth  |  the   thick 
bushes  |i  in  his  temple  doth  every  man  |  speak  - 
of  his  |  honour. 

9  The  Lord  sitteth  above  the  |  water  |  flood  j 
and  the  Lord  re  |  maineth  a  |  King  for  |  ever. 

1<>  The  Lord  shall  give  strength  un  |  to  his 
people  j|  the  Lord  shall  give  his  |  people  the 
blessing  of  I  peace. 

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Day  6.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

Etft  Sfptf)  ©aw. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  xxx.     Exaltdbo  te,  Domine. 

\VILL  magnify  thee,  O  Lord  ;  for  thou  hast  I 


i 


set  me  |  up  ||  and  not  made  my  |  foes  to  |  tri- 
umph !  over  me. 

2  O  Lord,  my  God,  I  cried  |  unto  |  thee  |j  and  | 
thou  hast  |  healed  |  me. 

3  Thou,  Lord,  hast  brought  my  soul  |  out  of 
hell  ||  thou  hast  kept  my  life  from  them  that  go 
down  -  |  to  the  |  pit. 

4  Sing  praises  unto  the  Lord,  O  ye  |  saints 
of  |  his  ||  aud  give  thanks  unto  him,  for  a  re  | 
membrance  |  of  his  |  holiness. 

5  For  his  wrath  endureth  but  the  twinkling  of 
an  eye,  and  in  his  |  pleasure  is  |  life  ||  heaviness 
may  endure  for  a  night,  but  joy  |  cometh  |  in 
the  |  morning. 

(>  And  in  my  prosperity  I  said,  I  shall  never  |  be 
re  |  moved  ||  thou,  Lord,  of  thy  goodness,  hast  | 
made  my  |  hill  so  |  strong. 

7  Thou  didst  turn  thy  |  nice  from  ]  me  ||  and  | 
I  was  |  trou  -  |  bled. 

8  Then  cried  I  unto  |  thee,  O  |  Lord  ||  and  gat 
me  |.to  my  |  Lord  right  |  humbly. 

9  What  profit  is  there  |  in  my  |  blood  ||  when 
I  go  |  down  -  |  to  the  |  pit  ? 

10  Shall  the  dust  give  thanks  |  unto  |  thee  || 
or  shall  |  it  de  |  clare  thy  |  truth  ? 

11  Hear,  O  Lord,  and  have  |  mercy  up  |  on 
me  ||  Lord,  |  be  -  |  thou  my  |  helper. 

12  Thou    hast    turned    my    heaviness   |   into  | 

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Morning.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  6. 

joy,  ||  thou  hast  put  off  my  sackcloth,  and  |  gird- 
ed |  me  with  |  gladness. 

13  Therefore  shall  every  good  man  sing  of  thy 
praise  |  without  |  ceasing  ||  O  my  God,  I  will 
give  thanks  |  unto  |  thee  for  |  ever. 

Psalm  xxxi.    In  te,  Domine,  speravi. 

IX   thee,   0   Lord,   have  I  |  put  my  |  trust  ||  let 
me  never  be  put  to  confusion ;  de  |  liver  me  | 
in  thy  |  righteousness. 

2  Bow  down  thine  [  ear  to  |  me  ||  make  | 
haste  -  |  to  de  |  liver  me. 

3  And  be  thou  my  strong  rock,  and  house  |  of 
de  |  fence  ||  that  !  thou  -  |  may  est  |  save  me. 

4  For  thou  art  my  strong  rock,  |  and  my  | 
castle  ||  be  thou  also  my  guide,  and  lead  me  |  tor 
thy  |  Name's  -  |  sake. 

5  Draw  me  out  of  the  net  that  they  have  laid  | 
privily  |  tbr  me  ||  for  |  thou  -  |  art  my  |  strength. 

6  Into  thy  hands  I  com  |  mend  my  |  spirit  i| 
for  thou  hast  redeemed  me,  0  |  Lord,  thou  |  God 
of  |  truth. 

7  I  have  hated  them  that  hold  of  super  |  sti- 
tious  |  vanities  ||  and  my  |  trust  hath  |  been  in 
the  |  Loun. 

8  -I  will  be  glad,  and  rejoice  |  in  thy  |  mercy  || 
for  thou  hast  considered  my  trouble,  and  hast 
known  my  |  soul  -  |  in  ad  |  versities. 

9  Thou  hast  not  shut  me  up  into  the  hand  |  of 
the  |  enemy  ||  but  hast  set  my  feet  |  in  a  |  large 
-  |  room. 

In  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Lord,  for  |  I  am 
in  |  trouble  ||  and  mine  eye  is  consumed  for  very 
heaviness ;  vea.  my  |  soul  -  |  and  my  |  body. 
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Day  6.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

11  For  my  life  is  waxen  |  old  with  |  heavi- 
ness ||  and  my  |  years  -  |  with  -  |  mourning. 

12  My  strength  faileth  me,  because  of  |  mine 
in  |  iquity  ||  and  my  |  bones  -  |  are  con  |  sumed. 

13  1  became  a  reproof  among  all  mine  enemies, 
but  especially  a  |  mong  my  |  neighbours  ||  and  they 
of  mine  acquaintance  were  afraid  of  me ;  and 
they  that  did  see  me  without,  con  |  veyed  them  | 
selves  -  |  from  me. 

11  I  am  clean  forgotten  as  a  dead  man  |  out 
of  |  mind  ||  I  am  become  |  like  a  |  broken  |  vessel. 

15  For  I  have  heard  the  blasphemy  |  of  the  | 
multitude  ||  and  fear  is  on  every  side ;  while  they 
conspire  together  agaiust  me,  and  take  their 
counsel  to  |  take  a  |  way  my  |  life. 

1()  But  my  hope  hath  been  in  |  thee,  O  | 
Lord  II  I  have  said  |  Thou  -  |  art  my  |  God. 

17  My  time  is  in  thy  hand;  deliver  me  from 
the  hand  |  of  mine  |  enemies  ||  and  from  |  them 
that  |  persecute  |  me. 

18  Show  thy  servant  the  light  |  of  thy  |  coun- 
tenance jj  and  save  me  |  for  thy  |  mercy's  |  sake. 

19  Let  me  not  be  confounded,  O  Lord,  for  I 
have  |  called  up  |  on  thee  ||  let  the  ungodly  be  put 
to  confusion,  and  be  put  to  |  silence  |  in  the  | 
grave. 

20  Let  the  lying  lips  be  |  put  to  |  silence  || 
which  cruelly,  disdainfully,  and  despitefully  | 
speak  a  |  gainst  the  [  righteous. 

21  O  how  plentiful  is  thy  goodness,  which 
thou  hast  laid  up  for  |  them  that  |  fear  thee  ||  and 
that  thou  hast  prepared  for  them  that  put  their 
trust  in  thee,  even  be  |  fore  the  I  sons  of  |  men ! 

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Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  6. 

22  Thou  shalt  hide  them  privily  by  thine  own 
presence  from  the  pro  |  yoking  of  |  all  men  ||  thou 
shalt  keep  them  secretly  in  thy  tabernacle  |  from 
the  |  strife  of  |  tongues. 

23  Thanks  |  be  "to  the  |  Lord  ||  for  he  hath 
showed  me  marvellous  great  kindness  |  in  a  | 
strong  -  |  city. 

21  And  when  I  made  |  haste,  I  |  said  ||  I  am 
cast  out  of  the  |  sight  -  |  of  thine  |  eyes. 

25  Nevertheless,  thou  heardest  the  voice  |  of 
my  |  prayer  ||  when  I  |  cried  -  |  unto  |  thee. 

2(3  O  love  the  Lord,  all  |  ye  his  |  saints  ||  for 
the  Lord  preserveth  them  that  are  faithful,  and 
plenteously  re  |  wardeth  the  |  proud  -  |  doer. 

27  Be  strong,  and  he  shall  es  |  tablish  your 
heart  ||  all  ye  that  put  your  |  trust  -  |  in  the 
Lord. 


EVENING  PRATER. 
Psalm  xxxii.    Beati,  quorum. 

BLESSED    is    he    whose    unrighteousness  |   is 
for  |  given  H  and  |  whose  -  |  sin  is  |  covered. 

2  Blessed  is  the  man  unto  whom  the  Lord 
im  |  puteth  no  |  sin  ||  and  in  whose  |  spirit 
there  I  is  no  |  ^uile. 

3  For  whilst  I  |  held  my  |  tongue  ||  my  bones 
consumed  away  |  through  my  |  daily  com  |  plain- 
ing. 

4  For  thy  hand  is  heavy  upon  me  |  day  and  | 
night  ||  and  my  moisture  is  |  like  the  |  drought 
in  |  summer. 

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Day  6.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evening. 

5  I  will  acknowledge  my  sin  |  nnto  |  thee  ||  and 
mine  unrighteousness  |  have  I  |  not  -  |  hid. 

0  I  said,  I  will  confess  my  sins  nn  |  to  the 
Lord  ||  and  so  thou  forgavest  the  |  wickedness 
of  my  |  sin. 

7  For  this  shall  every  one  that  is  godiy  make 
his  prayer  unto  thee,  in  a  time  when  thou  I 
may  est  be  |  found  ||  but  in  the  great  water-floods  | 
they  shall  |  not  come  |  nigh  him. 

8  Thou  art  a  place  to  hide  me  in ;  thou  shalt 
preserve  j  me  from  |  trouble  ||  thou  shalt  compass 
me  about  with  |  songs  -  |  of  de  |  liverance. 

9  I  will  inform  thee,  and  teach  thee  in  the 
way  wherein  |  thou  shalt  |  go  ||  and  I  will  |  guide 
thee  |  with  mine  |  eye. 

10  Be  ye  not  like  to  horse  and  mule,  which 
have  |  no  under  |  standing  ||  whose  mouths  must 
be  held  with  bit  and  bridle,  |  lest  they  |  fall  up  | 
on  thee. 

11  Great  plagues  remain  |  for  the  un  |  godly  | 
but  whoso  pntteth  his  trust  in  the  Loud,  mercy 
embraceth  |  him  on  |  every  |  side. 

12  Be  glad,  0  ye  righteous,  and  re  |  joice  in 
the  |  Lord  ||  and  be  joyful,  all  |  ye  that  are  |  true 
of  |  heart. 

Psalm  xxxiii.    Exultate,  justi. 

T)  E JOICE  in  the  Lord,  |  O  ye  |  righteous  ||  for 
IX  it  becometh  well  the  I  just  -  |  to  be  |  thank- 
ful. 

2  Praise  the  |  Lord  with  |  harp  ||  sing  praises 
unto    him    with    the    lute,    and  |  instrument  |  of 


ten  |  strings. 


104 


Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  0. 

3  Sing  imto  the  Lord  a  |  new  -  |  song  ||  siDg 
praises  lustily  unto  him  |  with  a  |  good  -  |  courage. 

•1  For  the  word  of  the  |  Lord  is  |  true  ||  and  | 
all  his  |  works  are  |  faithful. 

5  He  loveth  righteousness  |  and  -  |  judgment  J 
the  earth  is  full  of  the  |  goodness  |  of  ',he  | 
Lord. 

6  By  the  word  of  the  Lord  were  the  |  heavens  - 1 
made  ||  and  all  the  hosts  of  them  |  by  the  |  breath 
of  his  |  mouth. 

7  He  gathereth  the  waters  of  the  sea  together 
as  it  were  up  |  on  an  |  heap  ||  and  layeth  up  the 
deep,  as  |  in  a  |  treasure  |  house. 

8  Let  all  the  earth  |  fear  the  |  Lord  ||  stand  in 
awe  of  him,  all  |  ye  that  |  dwell  in  the  |  world. 

9  For  he  spake,  and  |  it  was  |  done  ||  he  com  | 
manded  |  and  it  stood  |  fast. 

10  The  Lord  bringeth  the  counsel  of  the  | 
heathen  to  |  nought  ||  and  maketh  the  devices  of 
the  people  to  be  of  none  effect,  and  casteth  |  out 
the  |  counsels  of  |  princes. 

11  The  counsel  of  the  Lord  shall  en  |  dure 
for  |  ever  ||  and  the  thoughts  of  his  heart  from 
gener  |  ation  to  |  geuer  |  ation. 

12  Blessed  are  the  people  whose  God  is  the  | 
Lord  Jk  I  hovaii  ||  and  blessed  are  the  folk  that  he 
hath  chosen  to  |  him  to  |  be  his  in  |  heritance. 

13  The  Lord  looked  down  from  heaven,  and 
beheld  all  the  |  children  of  |  men  ||  from  the  habi- 
tation of  his  dwelling  he  considereth  all  |  them 
that  |  dwell  on  the  |  earth. 

14  He  fashion eth  all  the  |  hearts  of  |  them  [j 
and  under  |  standeth  |  all  tlieii*  |  works. 

105 


Day  C]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evening. 

15  There  is  no  king  that  can  be  saved  by  the 
multitude  I  of  an  |  host  ||  neither  is  any  mighty 
man  de  |  iivered  [  by  much  |  strength. 

16  A  horse  is  counted  but  a  vain  thing  to  I 
save  a  |  man  ||  neither  shall  he  deliver  any  man  | 
by  his  |  great  -  |  strength. 

17  Behold,  the  eye  of  the  Lord  is  upon  |  them 
that  |  fear  him  ||  and  upon  them  that  put  their  | 
trust  -  |  in  his  |  mercy ; 

IS  To  deliver  their  |  soul  from  |  death  j|  and 
to  feed  them  |  in  the  |  time  of  |  dearth. 

19  Our  soul  hath  patiently  tarried  |  for  the  | 
Lord  ||  for  he  is  our  |  help  -  |  and  our  |  shield. 

20  For  our  heart  shall  re  |  joice  in  |  him  |j  be- 
cause we  have  hoped  |  in  his  |  holy  |  Name. 

21  Let  thy  merciful  kindness,  O  Lord,  |  be 
up  |  on  us  ||  iike  as  we  do  |  put  our  |  trust  in  | 
thee. 

Psalm  xxxiv.    Benedicam  Domino. 

I  WILL  alway  give  thanks  un  |  to  the  |  Lord  | 
his  praise  shall  |  ever  be  |  in  my  |  mouth. 

2  My  soul  shall  make  her  boast  |  in  the  |  Lord  || 
the  humble  shall  |  hear  there  |  of  and  be  |  glad. 

3  ()  praise  the  |  Lord  with  |  me  ||  mid  let  us 
magni  |  fy  his  |  Name  to  |  gethei". 

4  I  sought  the  LmcD,  |  and  he  |  heard  me  ||  yea, 
he  delivered  me  |  out  of  |  all  my  |  fear. 

5  They  had  an  eye  unto  him,  |  and  were  | 
lightened  ||  and  their  |  faces  were  |  not  a  |  shamed. 

6  Lo,  the  poor  crieth,  and  the  Loud  |  heareth  | 
him  ||  yea,  and  saveth  him  |  out  of  |  all  his  j  trou- 
bles. 

10G 


Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  6. 

7  The  angel  of  the  Lord  tarrietli  round  about  I 
them  that  |  fear  him  ||  and  de  |  liv  -  |  ereth  |  tliem. 

8  0  taste,  and  see,  how  gracious  the  |  Lord  -  | 
is  ||  blessed  is  the  |  man  that  |  trusteth  in  |  him. 

9  O  fear  the  Lord,  ye  that  |  are  his  |  saints  || 
for  they  that  j  fear  him  |  lack  -  |  nothing. 

10  The  lions  do  lack,  and  j  sutler  |  hunger  || 
but  they  who  seek  the  Lord  shall  want  no  man- 
ner of  |  thing  -  |  that  is  |  good. 

1  1  Come,  ye  children,  and  hearken  |  unto  |  me  | 
I  will  teach  you  the  |  fear  -  |  of  the  |  Lord. 

12  What  man  is  he  that  |  lusteth  to  |  live  ||  and 
would  |  fain  see  |  good  -  j  days  ? 

13  Keep  thy  |  tongue  from  |  evil  ||  and  thy  | 
lips,  that  they  j  speak  no  |  guile. 

14  Eschew  evil,  |  and  do]  good  ||  seek  |  peace, -| 
and  en  |  sue  it. 

15  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  |  over  the  |  right- 
eons  ||  and  his  ears  are  |  open  un  |  to  their  | 
prayers. 

16  The  countenance  of  the  Lord  is  against 
them  |  that  do  |  evil  ||  to  root  out  the  remem- 
brance |  of  them  |  from  the  |  earth. 

17  The  righteous  cry,  and  the  Lord  |  heareth  j 
them  ||  and  delivereth  them  |  out  of  |  all  their  | 
troubles. 

IS  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  them  that  are  of  a  | 
contrite  |  heart  ||  and  will  save  such  as  be  |  of 
an  |  humble  |  spirit. 

19  Great  are  the  troubles  |  of  the  |  righteous  || 
but  the  Lord  de  |  livereth  him  |  out  of  |  all. 

20  lie  keepeth  |  all  his  |  bones  ||  so  that   not 
one  of  |  them  is  I  broken. 

k  107 


Day  7.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

21  But  misfortune  shall  |  slay  the  un  |  godly  | 
and  they  that  hate  the  |  righteous  |  shall  be  | 
desolate. 

22  The  Lord  delivereth  the  souls  |  of  his  |  ser- 
vants ||  and  all  they  that  put  their  trust  in  j  him 
shall  I  not  be  I  destitute. 


gTfje  SebcntI)  Ban. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  xxxv.    Judica  me,  Domine. 

T)LEAD  thou  my  cause,  O  Lord,  with  them  that  j 
jL  strive  with  |  me  ||  and  fight  thou  against  I 
them  that  |  fight  against  |  me. 

2  Lay  hand  upon  the  |  shield  and  |  buckler  | 
and  |  stand  -  |  up  to  |  help  me. 

o  Bring  forth  the  spear,  and  stop  the  way 
against  them  that  |  persecute  |  me  ||  say  unto  my 
soul  |  I  am  |  thy  sal  |  vation. 

4  Lst  them  be  confounded,  and  put  to  shame, 
that  seek  |  after  my  |  soul  |]  let  them  be  turned 
back,  and  brought  to  confusion,  that  im  |  agine  | 
mischief  |  for  me. 

5  Let  them  be  as  the  dust  be  |  fore  the  |  wind  || 
and  the  angel  of  the  |  Lord  -  |  scattering  |  them. 

6  Let  their  way  be  |  dark  and  |  slippery  ||  and 
let  the  angel  of  the  |  Lord  -  |  persecute  |  them. 

7  For  they  have  privily  laid  their  net  to  destroy 
me  with  |  out  a  |  cause  ||  yea,  even  without  a 
cause  have  they  |  made  a  |  pit  for  my  |  soul. 

8  Let  a  sudden  destruction  come  upon  him 
unawares,  and  his  net  that  he  hath  laid  privily  I 

108 


Mornixq.]  THE  PSALTER.  |Dav7 

catch   him  |  self   II   that  he    may  fall  |  into  |  his 
own  |  mischief. 

9  And,  my  soul,  be  joyful  |  in  the  |  Lord  ||  il 
shall  re  |  joice  in  |  his  sal  |  vation. 

10  All  my  bones  shall  say,  Lord,  who  is  like 
unto  thee,  who  deliverest  the  poor  from  him  that  | 
is  too  |  strong  for  him  II  yea,  the  poor,  and  him 
that  is  in  misery,  |  from  -  |  him  that  |  spoileth 
him  ? 

li  False  witnesses  |  did  rise  |  up  II  they  laid 
to  my  charge  |  things  that  |  I  knew  |  not. 

12  They  rewarded  me  |  evil  for  |  good  II  to  the 
great  dis  |  comfort  |  of  my  |  soul. 

13  Nevertheless,  when  they  were  sick,  I  put 
on  sackcloth,  and  humbled  my  j  soul  with  |  fast- 
ing II  and  my  prayer  shall  turn  |  into  |  mine  own  | 
bosom. 

14  I  behaved  myself  as  though  it  had  been  my 
friend  |  or  my  |  brother  II  I  went  heavily,  as  one 
that  |  monrneth  |  for  his  |  mother. 

15  But  in  mine  adversity  they  rejoiced,  and 
gathered  them  |  selves  to  |  gether  II  yea,  the 
very  abjeets  came  together  against  me  unawares, 
making  mouths  |  at  me,  and  |  ceased  |  not. 

16  With  the  flatterers  were  |  busy  |  mockers  II 
who  gnashed  up  |  on  me  |  with  their  j  teeth. 

17  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  j  look  upon  |  this  II 
0  deliver  my  sonl  from  the  calamities  which  they 
bring  on  me,  and  my  j  darling  |  from  the  |  lions. 

18  So  will  I  give  thee  thanks  in  the  great  | 
congre  |  gation  II  I  will  praise  |  thee  a  |  mong 
much  |  people. 

19  0  let  not  them  that  are  mine  enemies  tri- 

109 


Day  7;  THE  PSALTER.  [Morntxo 

umph  over  j  me  un  |  godly  II  neither  let  them 
wink  with  their  eyes,  that  |  hate  me  with  |  out 
a  |  cause. 

20  And  why  ?  their  communing  is  |  not  for  | 
peace  II  hut  they  imagine  deceitful  words  against 
them  that  are  |  quiet  |  in  the  |  land. 

21  They  gaped  upon  me  with  their  |  mouths, 
and  |  said  II  Fie  on  thee  !  fie  on  thee  !  we  |  saw 
it  |  with  our  |  eyes. 

22  This  thou  hast  |  seen,  0  |  Lord  ||  hold  not 
thy  tongue  then ;  go  not  |  far  from  |  me,  0  | 
Lord. 

23  Awake,  and  stand  up  to  |  judge  my  |  quar- 
rel ||  avenge  thou  my  cause,  my  j  Grod  -  |  and 
my  |  Lord. 

21  Judge  me,  0  Lord  my  Grod,  according  |  to 
thy  |  righteousness  ||  and  let  them  not  |  triumph  j 
over  |  me. 

25  Let  them  not  say  in  their  hearts,  There  ! 
there  !  so  |  would  we  |  have  it  II  neither  let  them  J 
say,  We  |  have  de  |  voured  him. 

26  Let  them  be  put  to  confusion  and  shame 
together,  that  rejoice  |  at  my  |  trouble  ||  let  them 
be  clothed  with  rebuke  and  dishonour,  that  | 
boast  them  |  selves  a  |  gainst  me. 

27  Let  them  be  glad  and  rejoice,  that  favour 
my  |  righteous  |  dealing  II  yea,  let  them  say  al- 
way.  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  who  hath  pleasure  in 
the  pros  j  perity  |  of  his  |  servant. 

28  And  as  for  my  tongue,  it  shall  be  talking  | 
of  thy  |  righteousness  ||  and  of  thy  |  praise,  -  |  ali 
the  day  |  long. 

110 


Morning.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  7 

Psalm  xxxvi.     Dixit  in  Justus. 

MY  heart   showeth  me  the  wickedness  of  |  the 
mi  |  godly  II   that  there  is  no  fear   of  |  God 
be  |  fore  his  |  eyes. 

2  For  he  flattereth  himself  in  |  his  own  |  sight  || 
until   his  abominable  |  sin  be  |  found  -  |  out. 

3  The  words  of  his  mouth  are  unrighteous 
and  |  full  of  de  |  oeit  ||  he  hath  left  off  to  behave 
himself  |  wisely,  |  and  to  do  |  good. 

4  He  imagineth  mischief  upon  his  bed,  and 
hath  set  himself  in  |  no  good  |  way  II  neither  doth 
he  abhor  |  any  thing  |  that  is  |  evil. 

5  Thy  mercy,  0  Lord,  reacheth  un  |  to  the 
heavens  II  and  thy  faithfulness  |  un  -  |  to  the 
clouds. 

6  Thy  righteousness  standeth  like  the  |  strong  - 1 
mountains  II  thy  judgments  are  |  like  the  |  great  -  | 
deep. 

7  Thou,  Lord,  shalt  save  both  man  and  beast ; 
how  excellent  is  thy  |  mercy,  0  |  G-od  II  and  the 
children  of  men  shall  put  their  trust  under  the  | 
shadow  |  of  thy  |  wings. 

8  They  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  plenteous- 
ness  |  of  thy  |  house  II  and  thou  shalt  give  them 
drink  of  thy  pleasures,  as  |  out  -  |  of  the  |  river. 

9  For  with  thee  is  the  |  well  of  |  life  ||  and  in 
thy  |  light  shall  |  we  see  |  light. 

10  0  continue  forth  thy  loving-kindness  unto  | 
them  that  |  know  thee  I!  and  thy  righteousness 
unto  |  them  that  are  |  true  of  |  heart. 

110  let  not  the  foot  of  pride  |  come  a  (  gainst 
me  II  and  let  not  the  hand  of  the  un  |  godly  |  cast 
me  |  down. 

ill 


)   >y  T]  THE  PSALTER.  [Event™. 

12  There  are  they  fallen,  all  |  that  work  | 
wickedness  II  they  are  cast  down,  and  shall  |  not 
be  I  able  to  I  stand. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  xxxvii.     Noli  cemulari. 

FRET  not  thyself  because  of  |  the  un  |  godly  H 
neither  be  thou  envious  a  |  gainst  the  |  evil  | 
doers. 

2  For  they  shall  soon  be  cut  down  |  like  the  | 
grass  ||  and  be  withered  |  even  |  as  the  green  J 
herb. 

3  Put  thou  thy  trust  in  the  Lord,  and  be  1 
doing  |  good  II  dwell  in  the  land,  and  verily  | 
thou  -  |  shalt  be  |  fed. 

4  Delight  thou  j  in  the  |  Lord  II  and  he  shall  | 
give  thee  thy  j  heart's  de  |  sire. 

5  Commit  thy  way  unto  the  Lord,  and  put 
thy  |  trust  in  |  him  II  and  j  he  shall  |  bring  it  to  | 
pass. 

G  He  shall  make  thy  righteousness  as  clear  | 
as  the  |  light  II  and  thy  just  |  dealing  |  as  the  j 
noon-day. 

7  Hold  thee  still  in  the  Lord,  and  abide  |  pa- 
tiently up  |  on  him  II  but  grieve  not  thyself  at 
him  whose  way  doth  prosper,  against  the  man 
that  doeth  |  after  |  evil  |  counsels. 

8  Leave  off  from  wrath,  and  let  |  god  is  j  plea- 
sure ||  fret  not  thyself,  else  shalt  thou  be  |  mor- 
sel j  to  do  |  evil. 

9  Wicked  doers  shall   be  |  rooted  |  out  II  and 

112 


Evening.]  THE  TS  ALTER.  [Day  7. 


they  that  patiently  abide  the  Lord,  |  those  shall 
in  |  her  it  the  |  land. 

10  Yet  a  little  while,  and  the  ungodly  shall 
be  |  clean  -  |  gone  II  thou  shalt  look  alter  his 
place,  and  |  he  shall  |  be  a  |  way. 

11  But  the  meek-spirited  shall  pos  |  sess  the  | 
earth  P  and  shall  be  refreshed  in  the  |  multi  j 
tude  of  |  peace. 

12  The  ungodly  seeketh  counsel  a  j  gainst 
the  |  just  II  and  gnasheth  up  |  on  him  |  with  his  | 
teeth.' 

13  The  Lord  shall  |  laugh  him  to  |  scorn  II  for 
he  hath  |  seen  that  his  |  day  is  ]  coming. 

14  The  ungodly  have  drawn  out  the  sword, 
and  have  |  bent  their  |  bow  ||  to  cast  down  the 
poor  and  needy,  and  to  slay  such  as  are  of  a  | 
right  -  |  conver  |  sation. 

15  Their  sword  shall  go  through  their  |  own  -  | 
heart  II  and  their  |  bow  -  |  shall  be  |  broken. 

16  A  small  thing  that  the  |  righteous  |  hath  || 
is  better  than  great  |  riches  of  |  the  un  |  godly. 

17  For  the  arms  of  the  ungodly  |  shall  be  | 
broken  II  and  the  |  Lord  up  |  holdeth  the  |  right- 
ous. 

18  The  Lord  knoweth  the  days  |  of  the  j 
godly  II  and  their  inheritance  |  shall  en  |  dure 
for  |  ever. 

19  They  shall  not  be  confounded  in  the  |  peril- 
ous |  time  II  and  in  the  days  of  dearth  |  they 
shall  |  have  e  |  nough. 

20  As  for  the  ungodly,  they  shall  perish,  and 
the  enemies  of  the   Lord  shall  consume  as  the  | 

x*  113 


•  Dj»y  7.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evryra* 

fat   of  |  lambs  I!  yea,  even  as  the   smoke  shall   | 
they  con  |  same  a  |  way. 

21  The  ungodly  borroweth,  and  payeth  [  not 
a  |  gain  ||  but  the  righteous  is  |  merci  |  ful  and  | 
liberal. 

22  Such  as  are  blessed  of  Grod,  shall  pos  |  sess 
the  J  land  II  and  they  that  are  cursed  of  him,  | 
shall  be  |  rooted  |  oat. 

23  The  Lord  ordereth  a  |  good  man's  |  going  || 
and  maketh  his  way  ac  |  ceptable  |  to  him  |  self. 

24  Though  he  fall,  he  shall  not  be  |  cast  a  | 
way  ||  for  the  Lord  up  |  holdeth  him  |  with  his  | 
hand. 

25  I  have  been  young,  and  |  now  am  |  old  Q 
and  yet  saw  I  never  the  righteous  forsaken,  nor 
his  |  seed  -  |  begging  their  |  bread. 

26  The  righteous  is  ever  merciful,  |  and  -  | 
lendeth  II  and  |  his  »  |  seed  is  |  blessed. 

27  Flee  from  evil,  and  do  the  thing  |  that  is  | 
good  ||  and  |  dwell  for  |  ever  |  more. 

28  For  the  Lord  loveth  the  thing  |  that  is  | 
right  ||  he  forsaketh  not  his  that  be  godly,  but 
they  |  are  pre  |  served  for  |  ever. 

29  The  unrighteous  |  shall  be  |  punished  ||  as 
for  the  seed  of  the  ungodly,  it  |  shall  be  |  rooted  | 
out. 

30  The  righteous  shall  in  |  herit  the  |  land  I 
and  |  dwell  there  |  in  for  |  ever. 

3i  The  mouth  of  the  righteous  is  exercised  | 
in  -  |  wisdom  II  and  his  tongue  I  will  be  I  talking 
of  I    udgment. 

32  The  law  of  his  God  is  |  in  his  |  heart  H  and 
his  |  goings  |  shall  not  I  slide. 
114 


Morning.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  8 

33  The  ungodly  |  seeth  the  |  righteous  II  and  | 
seeketh  oc  |  casion  to  |  slay  him. 

34  The  Lord  will  not  leave  him  |  in  his  | 
hand  ||  nor  con  |  demn  him  |  when  he  is  |  judged. 

35  Hope  thou  in  the  Lord,  and  keep  his  way, 
and  he  shall  promote  thee,  that  thou  shalt  pos  | 
sess  the  |  land  II  when  the  ungodly  shall  |  perish,  ] 
thou  shalt  |  see  it. 

36  I  myself  have  seen  the  ungodly  in  |  great-  | 
power  II  and  flourishing  |  like  a  |  green  bay  |  tree. 

37  I  went  by,  and  |  lo,  he  was  |  gone  II  I 
sought  him,  but  his  place  could  |  no  -  |  where 
be  |  found. 

38  Keep  innocency,  and  take  heed  unto  the 
thing  |  that  is  |  right  II  for  that  shall  bring  a 
man  |  peace  -  |  at  the  |  last. 

39  As  for  the  transgressors,  they  shall  |  perish 
to  |  gether  II  and  the  end  of  the  ungodly  is,  they 
shall  be  |  rooted  |  out  at  the  |  last. 

40  But  the  salvation  of  the  righteous  cometh  | 
of  the  |  Lord  II  who  is  also  their  strength  |  in 
the  |  time  of  |  trouble. 

41  And  the  Lord  shall  stand  |  by  them  and  | 
save  them  ||  he  shall  deliver  them  from  the  un- 
godly, and  shall  save  them,  because  they  |  put 
their  I  trust  in  I  him. 


£f)e  Hfflt)ti)  Ban. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  xxxviii.     Domine,  ne  in  furore. 

PUT   me  not  to  rebuke,  0   Lord,  |  in  thine   | 
anger  II  neither   chasten   me  |  in   thy  |  heavy 

dis  |  pleasure 

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2  For  thine  arrows  stick  |  fast  in  |  me  II  and 
♦"hy  |  hand  -  |  presseth  me  |  sore. 

3  There  is  no  health  in  my  flesh,  because  of  | 
thy  dis  |  pleasure  I!  neither  is  there  any  rest  in 
my  bones,  by  |  reason  |  of  my  |  sin. 

4  For  my  wickednesses  are  gone  |  over  my  | 
head  II  and  are  like  a  sore  burden,  too  |  heavy 
for  |  me  to  |  bear. 

5  My  wounds  stink,  and  |  are  cor  |  rupt  II 
through  my  |  fool  -  |  ish  -  |  ness. 

6  I  am  brought  into  so  great  trouble  |  and  -  | 
misery  II  that  I  go  |  mourning  |  all  the  day  j 
long. 

7  For  my  loins  are  filled  with  a  |  sore  dis 
ease  II  and  there  is  no  |  whole  part  |  in  my 
body. 

8  I  am  feeble  and  |  sore  -  |  smitten  II  I  have 
roared  for  the  very  dis  |  quietness  |  of  my  |  heart. 

9  Lord,  thou  knowest  all  |  my  de  |  sire  II  and 
my  groaning  |  is  not  |  hid  from  |  thee. 

10  My  heart  panteth,  my  |  strength  hath  | 
failed  me  II  and  the  sight  of  mine  |  eyes  in  |  gone  -  j 
from  me. 

11  My  lovers  and  my  neighbours  did  stand 
looking  up  |  on  my  |  trouble  II  and  my  |  kinsmen  | 
stood  afar  |-  off. 

12  Thev  also  that  sought  after  my  life  laid  | 
snares  for  |  me  II  and  they  that  went  about  to  do 
me  evil  talked  of  wickedness,  and  imagined  de  | 
ceit  all  the  |  day  -  |  long. 

13  As  for  me,  I  was  like  a  |  deaf  man,  and  | 
heard  not  II  and  as  one  that  is  dumb,  who  |  doth 
not  |  open  his  |  mouth. 

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14  I  became  even  as  a  man  that  |  heareth  j 
not   II  and  in  whose  |  mouth  are  |  no  re  |  proofs. 

15  For  in  thee,  0  Lord,  have  I  |  put  my  | 
trust  II  thou  shalt  answer  for  me,  [  0  -  |  Lord 
my  |  God. 

1(3  I  have  required  that  they,  even  mine  ene- 
mies, should  not  triumph  |  over  |  me  I!  for  when 
my  foot  slipt,  they  re  |  joiced  |.  greatly  a  j  gainst 
me. 

17  And  I  truly  am  set  |  in  the  |  plague  II  and 
my  heaviness  is  |  ever  |  in  my  |  sight. 

18  For  I  will  con  |  fess  my  |  wickedness  II  and 
be  |  sorry  j  for  my  |  sin. 

19  But  mine  enemies  live,  |  and  are  |  mighty  || 
and  they  that  hate  me  wrongfully  |  are  -  j  many 
in  |  number. 

20  They  also  that  reward  evil  for  good  |  are 
a  |  gainst  me  II  because  I  follow  the  |  thing  that  | 
good  -  |  is. 

21  Forsake  me  not,  0  |  Lord,  my  |  God  II  be 
not  |  thou  -  |  far  -  |  from  me. 

22  Haste  |  thee  to  |  help  me  ||  0  Lord  |  God 
of  |  my  sal  |  vation. 

Psalm  xxxix.     Dixi,  custodiam. 

I  SAID,  I  will  take  heed  |  to  my  |  ways   II  that 
I  of  |  fend  not  j  in  my  |  tongue. 

2  I  will  keep  my  mouth  as  it  were  |  with  a  | 
bridle  II  while  the  un  |  godly  is  |  in  my  |  sight. 

3  I  held  my  tongue,  and  |  spake  -  |  nothing  I 
I  kept  silence,  yea,  even  from  good  words  ;  but  it 
was  |  pain  and  |  grief  to  |  me. 

4  My  heart  was  hot  within  me ;  and  while  ] 

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was  thus  musing  the  |  fire  -  |  kindled   ll    and  at 
the  last  I  |  spak^  -  |  with  my  |  tongue  ; 

5  Lord,  let  me  know  my  end,  and  the  num- 
ber |  of  my  |  days  II  that  I  may  be  certified  how  | 
long  I  |  have  to  |  live. 

6  Behold,  thou  hast  made  my  days  as  it  wore 
a  |  span  -  |  long  !l  and  mine  age  is  even  as 
nothing  in  respact  of  thee,  and  verily  every  man 
living  is  |  alto  |  gether  |  vanity. 

7  For  man  walketh  in  a  vain  shadow,  and  dis- 
quieteth  him  |  self  in  |  vain  ||  he  heapeth  up 
riches,  and  cannot  |  tell  -  |  who  shall  |  gather 
them. 

8  And  now,  Lord,  |  what  is  my  |  hope  II  Truly 
my  |  hope  is  |  even  in  |  thee. 

9  Deliver  me  from  all  I  mine  of  |  fences  ||  and 
make  me  not  a  re  |  buke  un  |  to  the  |  foolish. 

10  I  became  dumb,  and  opened  j  not  my  | 
mouth  II  for  |  it  was  |  thy  -  |  doing. 

11  Take  thy  plague  a  |  way  from  |  me  II  I  am 
even  consumed  by  the  means  |  of  thy  |  heavy  | 
hand. 

12  When  thou  with  rebukes  dost  chasten 
man  for  sin,  thou  makest  his  beauty  to  con- 
sume away,  like  as  it  were  a  moth  |  fretting 
a  |  garment  II  every  man  |  therefore  |  is  but  j 
vanity. 

13  Hear  my  prayer,  0  Lord,  and  with  thine 
ears  con  |  sider  my  |  calling  II  hold  not  thy  | 
peace  -  |  at  my  |  tears. 

14  For  I  am  a  |  stranger  |  with  thee  II  and  a 
sojourner,  as  |  all  my  |  fathers  |  were. 

15  0  spare  me  a  little,  that  I  may  re  |  cover 

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Morning.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  8 


my  |  strength  II  before  I  go  hence,  [  and  be  |  no 
more  |  seem 

Psalm  xl.     Expectans  escpectavi. 

T  WAITED  patiently  |  for  the  |  Lord  II  and  he 
I    inclined  unto  me,  |  and  -  j  heard  my  |  calling. 

2  He  brought  me  also  oat  of  the  horrible  pit, 
out  of  the  |  mire  and  |  clay  II  and  set  my  feet 
upon  the  |  rock,  and  |  ordered  my  |  goings. 

o  And  he  hath  put  a  new  sung  |  in  my  | 
mouth  II  even  a  thanks  |  giving  un  |  to  our  | 
God. 

4  Many  shall  |  see  it,  and  |  fear  ||  and  shall 
put  their  |  trust  -  |  in  the  |  Lord. 

5  Blessed  is  the  man  that  hath  set  his*  hope  I 
in  the  j  Lord  II  and  turned  not  unto  the  proud, 
and  to  such  as  |  go  a  |  bout  with  |  lies. 

6  0  Lord  my  (rod,  great  are  the  wondrous 
works  which  thou  hast  done,  like  as  be  also  thy 
thoughts,  which  |  are  to  |  us- ward  II  and  yet  there 
is  no  man  that  [  ordereth  them  |  unto  |  thee. 

7  If  I  should  declare  them,  and  |  speak  of  | 
them  II  they  should  be  more  than  I  am  |  able  |  to 
ex  |  press. 

8  Sacrifice  and  meat-offering  thou  |  wouldest  j 
not  II  but  mine  |  ears  -  |  hast  thou  |  opened. 

9  Burnt-offerings  and  sacrifice  for  sin  hast 
thou  |  not  re  |  quired  Pi  then  said  I,  |  Lo,  -  ,  I  -  | 
come ; 

10  In  the  volume  of  the  book  it  is  written  ol 
hie,  that  1  should  fulfil  thy  will,  |  0  my  |  God  I!  I 
am  content  to  do  it ;  yea,  thy  law  |  is  with  |  in 
my  |  heart. 

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11  I  have  declared  thy  righteousness  in  the 
great  J  congre  |  gation  II  lo,  I  will  not  refrain  my 
lips,  0  |  Lord,  and  |  that  thou  |  knowest. 

12  I  have  not  hid  thy  righteousness  with  |  in 
my  |  heart  ||  my  talk  hath  been  of  thy  truth,  |  and 
i>f  |  thy  sal  |  vation. 

13  I  have  not  kept  back  thy  loving  |  mercy 
and  |  truth  II  from  the  |  great  -  |  congre  |  gation. 

14  Withdraw  not  thou  thy  mercy  from  me,   j 

0  -  |  Lord  II  let  thy  loving-kindness  and  thy  | 
truth  al  |  way  pre  |  serve  me. 

15  For  innumerable  troubles  are  come  about 
me  ;  my  sins  have  taken  such  hold  upon  me,  that 

1  am  not  able  |  to  look  |  up  II  yea,  they  are  more 
in  number  than  the  hairs  of  my  head,  and  my  | 
heart  hath  |  failed  |  me. 

16  0  Lord,  let  it  be  thy  pleasure  to  de  |  liver  | 
me  II  make   |   haste,  0   |   Lord,  to  |  help  me. 

17  Let  them  be  ashamed,  and  confounded  to- 
gether, that  seek  after  my  soul  |  to  de  |  stroy 
it  II  let  them  be  driven  backward,  and  put  to  re  | 
buke,  that  |   wish  me   |   evil. 

18  Let  them  be  desolate,  and  re  warded 
with  |  shame  II  that  say  unto  me,  Fie  up  |  on 
thee  !   j   fie  up   |   on  thee ! 

19  Let  all  those  that  seek  thee,  be  joyful  and  | 
glad  in  |  thee  II  and  let  such  as  love  thy  salva- 
tion, say   |   alway,  The   |   Lord  be   |   praised  ! 

20  As  for  me,  I  am  |  poor  and  |  needy  II  but 
the   |    Lord  -   |   careth   |    for  me. 

21  Thou  art  my  helper  |  and  re  |  deemer  \ 
make  no  long  |   tarrying,   |   0  my  |   Grod. 

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EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  xli.     Beatus  qvi  inteUigit. 

BLESSED   is   he    that   oonsidereth    the   |   poor 
and   |   needy  II   "the  Lord  shall  deliver  him  | 
in  the  |  time  of  |  trouble. 

2  The  Lord  preserve  him,  and  keep  him  alive, 
that  he  may  be  blessed  np  |  on  -  |  earth  I!  and  de- 
liver not  thou  him  into  the  |  will  -  |  of  his  |  ene- 
mies. 

3  The  Lord  comfort  him  when  he  lieth  sick 
up  j  on  his  |  bed  II  make  thou  all  his  |  bed-  | 
in  his   |   sickness. 

4  I  said,  Lord,  be  merciful  |  unto  |  me  I!  heal 
my  soul,  for  |  I  have  |  sinned  a  |  gainst  thee. 

5  Mine  enemies  speak  |  evil  of  |  me  II  "When 
shall  he  die,  |  and  his  |  name  -  |  perish  ? 

6  And  if  he  come  to  see  me,  he  |  speaketh  j 
vanity  II  and  his  heart  conceiveth  falsehood  within 
himself;  and  when  he  |  cometh  |  forth,  he  |  tell- 
eth  it. 

7  All  mine  enemies  whisper  to  |  gether  a  | 
gainst  me  ||  even  against  me  |  do  they  im  |  agine 
this  |  evil. 

8  Let  the  sentence  of  guiltiness  pro  |  ceed  a  | 
gainst  him  II  and  now  that  he  lieth,  let  him  | 
rise  -  |  up  no  |  more. 

9  Yea,  even  mine  own  familiar  friend  |  whom 
I  |  trusted  ||  who  did  also  eat  of  my  bread,  hath  | 
laid  great  j  wait  -  |  for  me. 

10  But  be  thou  merciful  unto  j  me,  0  |  Lord  H 
raise  thou  me  up  again,  |  and  I  j  shall  re  |  ward 
them. 

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11  By  this  I  know  thou  j  favorest  |  me  ||  that 
mine  enemy  |  doth  not  |  triumph  a  |  gainst  me. 

12  And  when  I  am  in  my  health,  thou  up  | 
boldest  |  me  II  and  shalt  set  me  be  |  fore  thy  |  face 
for  |  ever. 

13  Blessed  be  the  Lord  |  God  of  |  Tsrael  H 
world  without  I  end    -  I  A  -  I  men. 


Psalm  xlii.     Quemadmodutn. 


brooks 
God. 


LIKE  as  the  hart  desireth  the  |  water 
so  longeth  my  soul  |  after  |  thee,  0 

2  My  soul  is  a  thirst  for  God,  yea,  even  for  the 
living  |  God  II  when  shall  I  come  to  appear  be 
fore  the  j  presence  of  |  God  ? 

3  My  tears  have  been  my  meat  |  day  and  | 
night  II  while  they  daily  say  unto  me,  |  Where 
is  |  now  thy  |  God  ? 

4  Now  when  I  think  thereupon,  I  pour  out  my 
heart  |  by  my  |  self  II  for  I  went  with  the  multi- 
tude, and  brought  them  forth  in  |  to  the  |  house 
of  |  God  ; 

o  In  the  voice  of  |  praise  and  |  thanksgiving  II 
among  such  as  |  keep  -  |  holy  |  day. 

6  Why  art  thou  so  full  of  heaviness,  |  0  my  [ 
soul  II  and  why  art  thou  so  dis  |  quieted  |  with|  in 
me  ? 

7  Put  thy  |  trust  in  |  God  II  for  I  will  yet  give 
him  thanks  for  the  |  help  -  |  of  his  I  countenance 

8  My  God,  my  soul  is  |  vexed  with  |  in  me  P 
therefore  will  I  remember  thee  concernig  the  land 
of  Jordan,  and  the  |  little  |  hill  of  |  Hermon. 

9  One    deep    calleth    another,   because  of  the 

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noise  |  of  the  |  water-pipes   II   all  thy  waves  and 
storms  are  |  gone  -  |  over  |  me. 

10  The  Loud  hath  granted  his  loving-kindness  | 
in  the  |  day-time  II  and  in  the  night-season  did  I 
sing  of  him,  and  made  my  prayer  un  |  to  the  | 
God  of  my  |  life. 

11  I  will  say  unto  the  God  of  my  strength, 
Why  hast  thou  for  |  gotten  |  me  II  why  go  I  thus 
heavily,  while  the  |  enemy  op  |  presseth  |  me  ? 

12  My  bones  are  smitten  asunder  as  |  with  a  | 
sword  II  while  mine  enemies  that  trouble  me  |  cast 
me  |  in  the  |  teeth  ; 

13  Namely,  while  they  say  daily  }  unto  |  me  II 
Where  |    -    is  |  now  thy  |  God? 

14  Why  art  thou  so  vexed,  |  0  my  |  soul  il  and 
why  art  thou  so  dis  |  quieted  |  within  |  me  ? 

15  0  put  thy  |  trust  in  |  God  II  for  I  will  yet 
thank  him,  which  is  the  help  of  my  |  counten- 
ance, |  and  my  |  God. 

Psalm  xliii.     Judica  me,  Deus. 

GIVE  sentence  with  me,  0  God,  and  defend  my 
cause  against  the  un  |  godly  |  people  II  0   de- 
liver me  from  the  de  ]  oeitful  and  |  wicked  |  man. 

2  For  thou  art  the  God  of  my  strength,  why 
hast  thou  |  put  me  |  from  thee  II  and  why  go  I  so 
heavily,  while  the  |  enemy  op  |  presseth  |  me  ? 

3  0  send  out  thy  light  and  thy  truth,  that  | 
they  may  I  lead  me  II  and  bring  me  unto  thy  holy 
hill,  |  and  -  |  to  thy  |  dwelling. 

4  A.nd  that  I  may  go  unto  the  altar  of  God, 
even  unto  the   God  of  my  I  joy  and.  |  gladness  li 

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and  upon  the  harp  will  I  give  thanks  unto  |  thee, 
0  |  G-od,  my  |  God. 

5  Why  art  thou  so  heavy,  |  0  my  |  soul  II  and 
why  art  thou  so  dis  |  quieted  |  within  |  me  ? 

6  0  put  thy  |  trust  in  |  God  II  for  I  will  yet 
give  him  thanks,  which  is  the  help  of  my  |  coun- 
tenance, |  and  my  |  God. 


2T1)C  Xfatl)  2Da*j. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Tsalm  xliv.     Deus,  auribus. 

¥E   have  heard  with  our  ears,   0   God,  our  | 
fathers  have  |  told  us  ||  what  thou  hast  done 
in  |  their  -  |  time  of  |  old  ; 

2  How  thou  hast  driven  out  the  heathen  with 
thy  hand,  and  |  planted  them  |  in  II  how  thou  hast 
destroyed  the  |  nations,  and  |  cast  them  |  out. 

3  For  they  gat  not  the  land  in  possession 
through  |  their  own  |  sword  II  neither  was  it  | 
their  own  |  arm  that  |  helped  them  : 

4  But  thy  right  hand,  and  thine  arm,  and  the 
light  |  of  thy  |  countenance  II  because  thou  hadst 
a  |  favour  |  unto  |  them. 

5  Thou  art  my  |  King,  0  |  God  ||  send  |  help  - 1 
unto  j  Jacob. 

(3  Through  thee  will  we  over  |  throw  our  |  ene- 
mies II  and  in  thy  Name  will  we  tread  them  un- 
der that  |  rise  -  |  up  a  |  gainst  us. 

7  For  I  will  not  |  trust  in  my  |  bow  ||  it  is  not 
my  |  sword  -  |  that  shall  |  help  me; 

8  But   it  is  thou  that   savest  us    |  from  our  | 

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enemies  II  and  puttest  them  |  to  con  |  fusion  that  I 
hate  us 

9  We  make  our  boast  of  God  |  all  day  |  long  II 
and  will  |  praise  thy  |  Name  for  |  ever. 

10  But  now  thou  art  far  off,  and  puttest  us  | 
to  con  |  fusion  ||  and  goest  not  |  forth  -  |  with 
our  |  armies. 

11  Thou  makest  us  to  turn  our  backs  up  |  on 
our  |  enemies  ||  so  that  they  which  |  hate  us  |  spoil 
our  |  goods. 

12  Thou  lettest  us  be  eaten  |  up  like  |  sheep  II 
and  hast  scattered  |  us  a  |  mong  the  |  heathen. 

*    13  Thou  sellest  thy  |  people  for  |  nought  II  and 
takest  •  no  -  |  money  |  for  them. 

14  Thou  makest  us  to  be  rebuked  |  of  our  | 
neighbours  ||  to  be  laughed  to  scorn,  and  had  in 
derision  of  them  |  that  are  |  round  a  |  bout  us. 

15  Thou  makest  us  to  be  a  by-word  a  |  mong 
the  |  heathen  II  and  that  the  people  |  shake  their  | 
heads  -  |  at  us. 

16  My  confusion  is  |  daily  be  |  fore  me  II  and 
the  shame  of  my  |  face  hath  |  covered  |  me  ; 

17  For  the  voice  of  the  slanderer  |  and  bias  | 
phemer  II  for  the  |  enemy  |  and  a  |  venger. 

18  And  though  all  this  be  come  upon  us,  yet 
do  we  |  not  for  |  get  thee  II  nor  behave  ourselves  | 
frowardly  I  in  thy  |  covenant. 

19  Our  heart  is  not  |  turned  |  back  II  neithei 
our  steps  gone  |  out  -  |  of  thy  |  way  ; 

20  No,  not  when  thou  hast  smitten  us  into 
the  |  place  of  |  dragons  II  and  covered  us  |  with 
the  |  shadow  of  |  death. 

21  If  we  have  forgotten  the  Name  of  our  God, 

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Dai-9.J  iHE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

and  holden  up  our  hands  to  any  |  strange  -  |  god  0 
shall  not  God  search  it  out  ?  lor  he  knoweth  tho 
very  |  secrets  |  of  the  |  heart. 

22  For  thy  sake  also  are  we  killed  |  all  the 
day  |  long  ||  and  are  counted  as  sheep  ap  |  point- 
ed |  to  be  |  slain. 

23  Up,  Lord,  why  |  sleepest  |  thou  II  awake,  and 
be  not  |  absent  from  |  us  for  |  ever. 

24  Wherefore  hidest  |  thou  thy  |  face  II  and  for- 
gettest  oar  |  misery  |  and  -  |  trouble  ? 

25  For  our  saul  is  brought  low,  even  un  |  to 
the  |  dust  II  our  belly  |  cleaveth  |  unto  the  | 
ground. 

23  A  |  rise,  and  |  help  us  II  and  deliver  us,  |  for 
thy  |  mercy's  |  sake. 

Psalm  xlv.     Erudavit  cor  meum. 


MY  heart  is  inditing  of  a  |  good  -  |  matter  ||  ) 
speak  of  the  things  which  I  have  |  made  un  | 
to  the  |  King. 

.2  My  tongue  |  is  the   |    pen  II  of  |  -  a  |  ready  | 
writer. 

3  Thou  art  fairer  than  the  |  children  of  |  men  ! 
full  of  grace  are  thy  lips,  because  God  hath  | 
blessed  |  thee  for  |  ever. 

4  Gird  thee  with  thy  sword  upon  thy  thigh, 
0  |  thou  Most  |  Mighty  ||  according  to  thy  |  wor- 
ship |  and  re  |  nown. 

5  Good  luck  have  thou  |  with  thine  |  honour  !{ 
ride  on,  because  of  the  word  of  truth,  of  meek- 
ness, and  righteousness;  and  thy  right  hand 
shall  |  teach  thee  |  terrible  |  things. 

6  Thy  arrows  are  very  sharp,  and  the  people 

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shall  be  subdued  '  unto  |  thee  II  even  in  the  midst 
a  |  mong  the  |  King's  -  |  enemies. 

7  Thy  seat,  0  Grod,  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever  II  the 
sceptre  of  thy  kingdom  |  is  a  |  right  -  |  sceptre. 

8  Thou  hast  loved  righteousness,  and  |  hated 
in  |  iquity  ||  wherefore  Grod,  even  thy  (rod,  hath 
anointed  thee  with  the  oil  of  |  gladness  a  |  bove 
thy  |  fellows. 

9  All  thy  garments  smell  of  myrrh,  |  aloes, 
and  |  cassia  ||  out  of  the  ivory  palaces,  whereby  | 
they  have  |  made  thee  |  glad. 

10  Kings'  daughters  were  among  thy  |  honour- 
able |  women  ||  upon  thy  right  hand  did  stand  the 
queen  in  a  vesture  of  gold,  wrought  a  |  bout  with  | 
divers  |  colours. 

11  Hearken,  0  daughter,  and  consider  ;  in 
cline  thine  |  ear  II  forget  also  thine  own  people, 
and  thy  |  father's  |  house. 

12  So  shall  the  King  have  pleasure  |  in  thy  I 
beauty  II  for  he  is  thy  Lord  God,  and  |  worship  I 
thou  -  |  him. 

13  And  the  daughter  of  Tyre  shall  be  there  |  with 
a  |  gift  II  like  as  the  rich  also  among  the  people 
shall  make   their  |  suppli  |  cation  be  |  fore  thee. 

14  The  King's  daughter  is  all  |  glorious  with  | 
in  ||  her  clothing  |  is  of  |  wrought  -  |  gold. 

15  She  shall  be  brought  unto  the  King  in 
raiment  of  |  needle  |  work  II  the  virgins  that  be 
her  fellows  shall  bear  her  company,  and  shall 
be  |  brought  -  |  unto  |  thee. 

16  With  joy  and  gladness  shall  |  they  be  j 
brought  II  and  shall  enter  in  |  to  the  |  King's  -  | 
palace. 

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17  Instead  of  thy  fathers,  thou  |  sh  ilt  have  ) 
children  II  whom  thou  mayest  make  |  princes  |  in 
all  |  lands. 

18  I  will  remember  thy  Name  from  one  genera- 
tion |  to  an  |  other  II  therefore  shall  the  people 
give  thanks  unto  thee,  |  world  with  |  out  -  |  end. 


G 


Psalm  xlvi.     Dens  noster  refughim. 

OD  is  our  I  hope  and  |  strength  ||  a  very  |  pres- 
ent |  help  in  |  trouble. 

2  Therefore  will  we  not  fear,  though  the  | 
earth  be  |  moved  II  and  though  the  hills  be  car- 
ried into  the  |  midst  -  |  of  the  |  sea. 

3  Though  the  waters  thereof  |  rage  and  |  swell  II 
and  though  the  mountains  shake  at  the  |  tem- 
pest |  of  the  |  same. 

4  The  rivers  of  the  flood  thereof  shall  make 
glad  the  |  city  of  |  God  ||  the  holy  place  of  the 
tabernacle  |  of  the  |  Most  -  |  Highest. 

5  GoJ  is  in  the  midst  of  her,  therefore  shall 
she  |  not  be  re  |  moved  II  God  shall  |  help  her, 
and  |  that  right  |   early. 

6  The  heathen  make  much  ado,  and  the  |  king- 
doms are  |  moved  II  but  God  hath  showed  his 
voice,  and  the  |  earth  shall  j  melt  a  I  way. 

7  The  Lord  of  |  hosts  is  |  with  us  II  the  God 
of  |  Jacob  |  is  our  |  refuge. 

8  0  come  hither,  and  behold  the  works  |  of 
the  |  Lord  ||  what  destruction  he  hath  j  brought 
up  |  on  the  |  earth. 

9  He  maketh  wars  to  cease  in  |  all  the  |  world  |j 
he  breaketh  the  bow,  and  knappeth  the  spear  in 
sunder,  and  bu'-neth  the  |  chariots  |  in  the  |  fire., 

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10  Be  still  then,  and  know  that  |  I  am  |  God  || 
I  will  he  exalted  among  the  heathen,  and  I  will 
be  ex  |  alted  |  in  the  |  earth. 

11  The   Lord  of  I  hosts  is  I  with  us  II  the  God 


is  our  |  refuge. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  xlvii.     Omnes  gentes,  plaudit  e. 

OCLAP  your  hands  together,  |  all  ye  |  people  II 
0  sing  unto  God  |  with  the  |  voice  of  |  melody. 

2  For    the     Lord    is     high,     and    |    to     be 
feared  II  he   is    the  great  [  King  upon  |  all  the   j 
earth. 

3  He  shall  subdue  the  people  |  under  |  us  II  and 
the  |  nations  |  under  our  |  feet. 

4  He  shall  choose  out  an  |  heritage  |  for  us  II 
even  the  worship  of  |  Jacob,  |  whom  he  |  loved. 

5  God  is  gone  up  with  a  |  merry  |  noise  II  and 
the  Lord  j  with  the  |  sound  of  the  |  trump. 

6  0  sing  praises,  sing  praises  |  unto  our  | 
God  II  0  sing  praises,  sing  |  praises  |  unto  our  j 
King. 

1  For  God  is  the  King  of  |  all  the  |  earth  II 
sing  ye  |  praises  with  |  under  |  standing. 

8  God  reigneth  |  over  the  |  heathen  ||  God  sic- 
teth  up  |  on  his  |  holy  |  seat. 

9  The  princes  of  the  people  are  joined  unto  the 
people  of  the  |  God  of  |  Abraham  II  for  God,  which 
is  very  high  exalted,  doth  defend  the  earth,  |  as 

t  |  were  with  a  |  shield. 

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Psalm  xlviii.     Magnus  Domimts. 

(IRE  AT  is  the  Lord,  and  highly  |  to  be  |  pnuseti  9 
T  in    the    city  of  our   God,  even  up  j  on  ins  j 
holy  |  hill. 

2  The  hill  of  Sion  is  a  fair  place,  and  the  joy 
of  the  j  whole  -  |  earth  ||  upon  the  north  side  lieth 
the  city  of  the  great  King ;  God  is  well  known  in 
her  palaces  |  as  a  |  sure  -  |  refuge. 

3  For  lo,  the  kings  |  of  the  |  earth  II  are  gather- 
ed, and  |  gone  -  |  by  to  |  gether. 

4  They  marvelled  to  |  see  such  |  things  II  they 
were  astonished,  and  |  suddenly  I  cast  -  |  down. 

5  Fear  came  there  upon  them  ;  |  and  -  |  sorrow  II 
as  upon  a  |  woman  |  in  her  |  travail. 

6  Thou  shalt  break  the  |  ships  of  the  |  sea  || 
thr  |  ough  the  |  east  -  |  wind. 

7  Like  as  we  have  heard,  so  have  we  seen  in 
the  city  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  in  the  city  |  of  our  | 
God  II  God  up  |  holdeth  the  |  same  for  |  ever. 

8  We  wait  for  thy  loving-kindness,  |  0  -  j  God  II 
in  the  |  midst  -  |  of  thy  |  temple. 

9  0  God,  according  to  thy  Name,  so  is  thy 
praise  unto  the  |  world's  -  |  end  ||  thy  right  hand 
is  |  full  of  |  righteous  |  ness. 

10  Let  the  Mount  ^ion  rejoice,  and  the  daughter 
of  |  Judah  be  |  glad  II  be  |  cause  of  |  tliy  -  |  judgments. 

11  Walk  about  ISion,  and  go  |  round  a  |  bout 
her  II  and  |  tell  the  |  towers  there  |  of. 

12  Mark  well  her  bulwarks,  set  |  up  her  | 
houses  I!  that  ye  may  tell  |  them  -  |  that  come  | 
after. 

13  For  this  God  is  our  God  for  |  ever  and  | 
ever  II  he  shall  be  our  |  guide  -  |  unto  |  death. 


Evening]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  9. 

Psalm  xlix.     Audite  late,  twines. 

0   HEAR  ye  this,  |  all  ye  |  people.  ||  ponder  it  with 
your  ears,  all  |  ye  that  |  dwell  in  the  |  world ; 

2  High  and  low,  |  rich  and  |  poor  II  one  |  with- 1 
an  •  |  other. 

3  My  mouth  shall  |  speak  of  |  wisdom  II  and  my 
heart  shall  |  muse  of  |  under  |  standing. 

4  I  will  incline  mine  ear  |  to  the  |  parable  II 
and  show  my  dark  |  speech  up  |  on  the  |  harp. 

5  Wherefore  should  I  fear  in  the  |  clays  of  | 
wickedness  II  and  when  the  wickedness  of  my 
heels  |  compasseth  me  |  round  a  |  bout? 

6  There  be  some  that  put  their  trust  |  in 
their  |  goods  ||  and  boast  themselves  in  the  |  mul- 
titude |  of  their  |  riches. 

7  But  no  man  may  de  |  liver  his  |  brother  || 
nor  make  agreement  |  unto  |  (to J  for  |  him  ; 

8  For  it  cost  more  to  re  |  deem  their  |  souls  II 
so  that  he  must  let  |  that  a  |  lone  for  |  ever ; 

9  Yea,  though  he  |  live  -  |  long  ||  and  |  see  -  | 
not  the  |  grave. 

10  For  he  seeth  that  wise  men  also  die  and  | 
perish  to  |  gether  II  as  well  as  the  ignorant  and 
foolish,  and  |  leave  their  |  riches  for  |  other. 

11  And  yet  they  think  that  their  houses  shall 
con  |  tinue  for  |  ever  ||  and  that  their  dwelling- 
places  shall  endure  from  one  generation  to  another ; 
and  call  the  lands  |  after  |  their  own  |  names. 

12  Nevertheless,  man  will  not  a  |  bide  in  j 
honor  I!  seeing  he  may  be  compared  unto  the 
beasts  that  perish  ;  this  |  is  the  j  way  of  |  them. 

13  This  is  their  |  foolish  |  ness  ||  and  their 
pos  |  terity  |  praise  their  |  saying. 

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14  They  lie  in  the  hell  like  sheep ;  death 
gnaweth  upon  them,  and  the  righteous  shall  have 
dominion  over  them  |  in  the  |  morning  II  their 
beauty  shall  consume  in  the  sepulchre  |  out  -  |  of 
their  |  dwelling. 

15  But  God  hath  delivered  my  soul  from  the  | 
place  of  |  hell  II  for  |  he  -  |  shall  re  |  ceive  me. 

16  Be  not  thou  afraid,  though  one  |  be  made  | 
rich  II  or  if  the  glory  of  his  |  house  -  |  be  in  | 
creased  ; 

17  For  he  shall  carry  nothing  away  with  him  | 
when  he  |  dieth  II  neither  shall  his  |  pomp  -  |  fol- 
low |  him. 

18  For  while  he  lived,  he  counted  himself  an  j 
happy  |  man  II  and  so  long  as  thou  doest  well 
unto  thyself,  men  will  |  speak  -  |  good  of  |  thee. 

19  He  shall  follow  the  generation  |  of  his  | 
fathers  II  and  shall  |  never  |  see  -  |  light. 

20  Man  being  in  honour  hath  no  |  under  | 
standing  II  but  is  compared  un  |  to  the  |  beasts 
that  |  perish. 


MORNING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  1.     Deus  deorum. 

THE   Lord,  even  the  most  mighty  |  God,  hath  ] 
spoken  II  and  called  the  world,  from  the  rising 
up  of  the  sun  unto  the  |  going  |  down  there  |  of. 

2  Out  of  Sion  hath  |  God  ap  |  peared  It  in  |  per- 
fect |  beau  -  |  ty. 

3  Our  God  shall  come,  and  shall  |  not  keep  | 
silence  II  there  shall  go   before  him  a  consuming 

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fire,  and  a  mighty  tempest  shall  be  |  stirred  up  | 
round  a  |  bout  him. 

4  He  shall  call  the  heaven  |  from  a  |  hove  II 
and  the  earth,  that  |  he  may  |  judge  his  |  people. 

5  Gather  my  saints  together  |  unto  |  me  D 
those  that  have  made  a  covenant  j  with  me  | 
with  -  |  sacrifice. 

6  And  the  heavens  shall  de  |  clare  his  |  right- 
eousness II  for  |  God  is  |  Judge  him  |  self. 

7  Hear,  0  my  people,  and  |  I  will  |  speak  II 
I  myself  will  testify  against  thee,  0  Israel;  for  I 
am  God,  |  even  |  thy  -  |  God. 

8  I  will  not  reprove  thee  because  of  thy  sacri- 
fices, or  for  thy  |  burnt  -  |  offerings  II  because 
they  |  were  nol  |  alway  be  |  fore  me. 

9  I  will  take  no  bullock  out  |  of  thine  |  house  II 
nor  |  he-goat  |  out  of  thy  |  folds. 

10  For  all  the  beasts  of  the  |  forest  are  | 
mine  ||  and  so  are  the  cattle  up  |  on  a  |  thou- 
sand |  hills. 

Ill  know  all  the  fowls  up  |  on  the  |  moun- 
tains ||  and  the  wild  beasts  of  the  |  field  are  |  in 
my  |  sight. 

12  If  I  be  hungry,  I  |  will  not  |  tell  thee  II  for 
the  whole  world  is  mine,  and  |  all  that  |  is  ther*  j 
in. 

13  Thinkest  thou  that  I  will  |  eat  bulls'  |  flesh  II 
and  |  drink  the  |  blood  of  |  goats  ? 

14  Offer  unto  |  God  thanks  |  giving  II  and  pay 
thy  vows  un  |  to  the  |  Most  -  |  Highest. 

15  And  call  upon  me  in  the  |  time  of  |  trou- 
ble ||  so  will  I  hear  thee,  and  |  thou  shalt  | 
praise  -  |  me. 

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16  But  unto  the  un  |  godly  said  |  God  II  Why 
dost  thou  preach  my  laws,  and  takest  my  |  cove* 
nant.  |  in  thy  |  mouth ; 

17  Whereas  thou  hatest  to  |  be  re  |  formed  I! 
and  hast  |  cast  my  |  words  be  |  hind  thee  ? 

18  When  thou  sawest  a  thief,  thou  con- 
sentedst  |  unto  |  him  II  and  hast  been  par  |  taker  | 
with  the  a  |  dulterers. 

19  Thou  hast  let  thy  mouth  speak  |  wicked  | 
ness  II  and  with  thy  tongue  thou  |  hast  set  |  forth 
de  |  ceit. 

20  Thou  sattest,  and  spakest  a  |  gainst  thy 
brother  II  yea,  and  hast  slandered  |  thine  own 
mother's  |  son. 

21  These  things  hast  thou  done,  and  I  held  my 
tongue,  and  thou  thoughtest  wickedly,  that  I  am 
even  such  a  one  |  as  thy  |  self  II  but  I  will  reprove 
thee,  and  set  before  thee  the  |  things  that  |  thou 
hast  |  done. 

22  0  consider  this,  ye  that  for  |  get  -  |  God  || 
lest  I  pluck  you  away,  and  there  be  |  none  to  de  | 
liver  |  you. 

23  Whoso  offereth  me  thanks  and  praise,  he  | 
hoiioureth  |  me  ||  and  to  him  that  ordereth  his 
conversation  right,  will  I  |  show  the  sal  |  vation 
of  |  God. 

Psalm  li.    Miserere  mei,  Deus. 

TAYE    mercy  upon   me,    0    God,    after   thy  | 
.LI   great  -  |  goodness    II    according  to  the  multi- 
tude of  thy  mercies  do  a  |  way  -  |  mine  of  |  fences. 
2  Wash    me   throughly    |    from    my  |  wicked- 
ness II  and  j  cleanse  me  |  from  my  |  sin. 

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3  For  I  ac  |  knowledge  my  |  faults  II.  and  my  | 
sin  is  |  ever  be  |  fore  me. 

4  Against  thee  only  have  I  sinned,  and  done 
this  evil  |  in  thy  |  sight  II  that  thou  mightest  be 
justified  in  thy  saying,  and  |  clear  when  |  thou 
art  |  judged. 

5  Behold,  I  was  |  shapen  in  |  wickedness  | 
and  in  sin  hath  my  |  mother  con  |  ceived  |  me. 

6  But  lo,  thou  requirest  truth  in  the  |  in- 
ward |  parts  II  and  sha.lt  make  me  to  understand  | 
wisdom  [  secret  |  ly. 

Thou  shalt  purge  me  with  hyssop,  and  I  | 
shall  be  I  clean  il  thou  shalt  wash  me,  and  I  shall 
be  |  whi  -  |  ter  than  |  snow. 

8  Thou  shalt  make  me  hear  of  |  joy  and  |  glad- 
ness II  that  the  bones  which  thou  hast  |  broken  | 
may  re  |  joice. 

9  Turn  thy  face  |  from  my  |  sins  I!  and  put 
out  |  all  -  |  my  mis  |  deeds. 

10  Make  me  a  clean  |  heart,  0  |  God  II  and 
renew  a  |  right  -  |  spirit  with  |  in  me. 

11  Cast  me  not  away  |  from  thy  |  presence  || 
and  take  not  thy  |  Holy  |  Spirit  |  from  me. 

12  0  give  me  the  comfort  of  thy  |  help  a  I 
gain  ||  and  stablish  me  |  with  thy  |  free  -  |  Spirit. 

13  Then  shall  1  teach  thy  ways  un  |  to  the  | 
wicked  II  and  sinners  shall  be  con  |  verted  j  un- 
to |  th-e. 

14  Deliver  me  from  blood-guiltiness,  0  God, 
thou  that  art  the  God  |  of  my  J  health  II  and  my 
tongue  shall  |  sing  -  |  of  thy  I  righteousness. 

15  Thou  shalt  open  my  |  lips,  0  |  Lord  |j  and 
my  |  mouth  shall  |  show  thy  |  praise. 

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16  For  thou  desirest  no  sacrifice,  else  would  I  1 
give  it  |  thee  II  but  thou  delightest  |  not  -  |  in 
burnt  |  offerings. 

17  The  sacrifice  of  God  is  a  |  troubled  |  spirit  I! 
a  broken  and  contrite  heart,  0  God,  |  shalt  thou  | 
not  de  |  spise. 

18  0  be  favourable  and  gracious  |  unto  |  Sion  II 
build  thou  the  |  walls  -  |  of  Je  |  rusalem. 

19  Then  shalt  thou  be  pleased  with  the  sacri- 
fice of  righteousness,  with  the  burnt-offerings  | 
and  oh  |  lations  II  then  shall  they  offer  young  | 
bullocks  up  I  on  thine  |  altar. 

Psalm  lii.     Quidgloriarisf 

WHY  boastest  thou   thy  |  self,    thou  j  tyrant  | 
VV     that  |  thou  canst  |  do  -  |  mischief; 

2  Whereas  the  |  goodness  of  |  G-od  ||  en  |  dur  - 1 
eth  yet  |  daily  ? 

3  Thy  tongue  im  |  agineth  |  wickedness  II  and 
with  lie>  thou  cuttest  |  like  a  |  sharp  -  |  razor. 

4  Thou  hast  loved  unrighteousness  |  more 
than  |  goodness  II  and  to  talk  of  |  lies  -  |  more 
than  |  righteousness. 

5  Thru  hast  loved  to  speak  all  words  that  | 
may  do  |  hurt  II  0  |  thou  -  |  false  -  |  tongue. 

6  Therefore  shall  God  destroy  |  thee  for  |  ever  || 
he  shall  take  thee,  and  pluck  thee  out  of  thy 
dwelling,  and  root  thee  out  of  the  |  land  -  |  of  the  | 
living. 

7  The  righteous  also  shall  see  |  this,  and  | 
fear  II  and  shall  |  laugh  -  j  him  to  |  scorn  ; 

8  Lo,  this  is  the  man  that  took  not  God  |  for 
nis  |  strength  ||  but  trusted  unto  the  multitude  of 

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his  riches,  and  strengthened  him  |  self-  |  in  his  j 
wickedness. 

9  As  for  me,  I  am  like  a  green  olive-tree  in 
the  j  house  of  |  God  II  my  trust  is  in  the  tender 
mercy  of  |  God  for  |  ever  and  |  ever. 

10  I  will  always  give  thanks  run  to  thee  foi 
that  |  thou  hast  |  done  II  and  1  will  hope  in  thy 
Name,  fur  thy  |  saints  -  j  like  it  |  well. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  liii.     Dixit  insipiens. 

THE    foolish   body  hath   said  |  in  his  |  heart  |) 
There  |  is  -  |  no  -  |  God. 

2  Corrupt  are  they,  and  become  abominable  | 
in  their  |  wickedness  II  there  is  |  none  that  |  doeth  | 
good. 

3  God  looked  down  from  heaven  upon  the  | 
children  of  |  men  ||  to  see  if  there  were  any  that 
would  understand,  and  |  seek  -  |  after  |  God. 

4  Bat  they  are  all  gone  out  of  the  way,  they 
are  altogether  be  |  come  a  |  bominable  II  there 
is  also  none  that  doeth  |  good,  -  |  no  not  j  one. 

5  Are  not  they  without  understanding  that 
work  |  wicked  j  ness  ||  eating  up  my  people  as  if 
they  would  eat  bread  ?  they  |  have  not  |  called 
upon  |  God. 

6  They  were  afraid  where  |  no  fear  |  was  ii  for 
God  hath  broken  the  bones  of  him  that  besieged 
thee ;  thou  hast  put  them  to  confusion,  be  | 
Qause  -  |  God  hath  de  |  spised  them. 

7  Oh,  that  the  salvation  were  given  unto  Is- 

m*  137 


Day  10.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evening 


rael  |  out  of  |  Sion   II    Oh,  that  the  Lord  would  de- 
liver his  |  people  |  out  of  cap  |  tivity  ! 

8  Then  should  |  Jacob  re  |  joice  ||  and  Israel  | 
should  be  |  right  -    |  glad. 

Psalm  liv.     Deus,  in  nomine. 

SAVE   me,  0   God,   for   thy  |  Name's  -  |  sake  8 
and  a  |  vengv  me  |  in  thy  |  strength. 

2  Hear  my  |  prayer,  0  |  Grod  ||  and  hearken 
unto  the  |  words  -  |  of  my  |  mouth. 

3  For  strangers  are  risen  |  up  a  |  gainst  me  || 
and  tyrants,  which  have  not  Grod  before  their 
eyes,  |  seek  -  |  after  my  |  soul. 

4  Behold,  Grod  |  is  my  |  helper  ||  the  Lord  is 
with  |  them  that  up  |  hold  my  j  soul. 

5  He  shall  reward  evil  un  |  to  mine  |  enemies  || 
destroy  thou  |  them  -  |  in  thy  |  truth. 

6  An  offering  of  a  free  heart  will  I  give  thee, 
and  praise  thy  |  Name,  0  |  Lord  II  be  |  cause  it  | 
is  so  |  comfortable. 

7  For  he  hath  delivered  me  out  of  |  all  my  | 
trouble  II  and  mine  eye  hath  seen  his  de  |  sire 
up  |  on  mine  |  enemies. 

Psalm  lv.     Exaudi,  Dean. 

HEAR    my  |  prayer,    0  |  Grod    ||   and    hide    not 
thy  |  self  from  j  my  pe  |  tition. 

2  Take  heed  unto  me,  and  |  hear  - 1  me  II  how  I 
mourn  in  my  |  prayer  -  |  and  am  |  vexed. 

3  The  enemy  crieth  so,  and  the  ungodly  Com- 
eth |  on  so  |  fast  ||  for  they  are  minded  to  do  mo 
some  mischief,  so  maliciously  |  are  they  |  set  a  | 
gainst  me. 

4  My  heart  is  disquieted  with  |  in  -  |  me  G  and 
the  fear  of  |  death  is  |  fallen  up  |  on  me. 

138 


Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  10 


5  Fearfulness  and  trembling  are  |  come  up  |  on 
nie  ]  and  an  horrible  dread  hath  |  over  |  whelm- 
ed |  me. 

6  And  I  said,  Oh  that  I  had  wings  |  like  a  J 
dove  ||  for  then  would  I  flee  a  |  way,  and  |  be  at  | 
rest. 

7  Lo,  then  would  I  get  me  a  |  way,  far  |  off  II 
and  remain  |  in  the  |  wilder  |  ness. 

8  I  would  make  |  haste  to  es  |  cape  ||  because 
of  the  |  stormy  |  wind  and  |  tempest. 

9  Destroy  their  tongues,  0  Lord,  |  anddi  |  vide 
them  ||  for  I  have  spied  unrighteousness  and  | 
strife  -  |  in  the  |  city. 

10  Day  and  night  they  go  about  within  the  | 
walls  there  |  of  II  mischief  also  and  |  sorrow  are  | 
in  the  |  midst  of  it. 

11  Wickedness  |  is  there  |  in  ||  deceit  and 
guile  go  not  |  out  -  |  of  their  j  streets. 

12  For  it  is  not  an  open  enemy  that  hath  done 
me  |  this  dis  |  honour  ||  for  |  then  I  |  could  have  | 
borne  it  : 

13  Neither  was  it  mine  adversary  that  did 
magnify  him  |  self  a  |  gainst  me  II  for  then  perad- 
venture  I  won  Id  have  |  hid  my  |  self-  j  from  him: 

14  But  it  was  even  thou,  |  my  com  |  panion  II 
my  guide,  and  mine  |  own  fa  |  miliar  |  friend. 

15  We  took  sweet  |  counsel  to  |  gether  II  and 
Wanked  in  the  |  house  of  j  God  as  |  friends. 

16  Let  death  come  hastily  upon  them,  and  let 
them  go  down  quick  |  into  j  hell  ii  for  wickedness 
is  in  their  |  dwellings,  |  and  a  j  mong  them. 

17  As  for  me,  I  will  |  call  upon  |  God  I!  and 
the  |  Lord  shail  |  save  -  |  me. 

139 


Day  11.]  THE  PS  ALTER.  [M°RNI™ 


18  In  the  evening,  and  morning,  and  at  noon- 
day will  I  pray,  [  and  that  |  instantly  ii  and  |  he 
shall  |  hear  my  |  voice. 

19  It  is  he  that  hath  delivered  my  soul  in  peace 
from  the  battle  that  [  was  a  |  gainst  me  j|  for 
there  |  were  -  |  many  |  with  me. 

20  Yea,  even  (rod,  that  endureth  forever,  shall 
hear  ma,  and  |  bring  them  |  down  II  for  they  will 
not  |  turn,  nor  |  fear  -  |  G-oJ. 

21  He  laid  his  hands  upon  such  as  be  at  |  peace 
with  |  him  ||  and  he  |  brake  his  |  cove  |  nant. 

22  The  words  of  his  mouth  were  softer  than 
butter,  having  |  war  in  his  |  heart  II  his  words 
were  smoother  than  oil,  and  |  yet  they  be  |  very  | 
swords. 

23  0  cast  thy  burden  upon  the  Lord,  and  |  he 
shall  |  nourish  thee  ||  and  shall  not  suffer  the  | 
righteous  to  [  fall  for  |  ever. 

24  And  |  as  for  |  them  ||  thou,  0  God,  shalt 
bring  them  into  the  |  pit  -  |  of  de  |  struction. 

25  The  blood-thirsty  and  deceitful  men  shall 
not  live  out  [  half  their  \  days  II  nevertheless,  my 
trust  shall  |  be  in  |  thee,  0  j  Lord. 


2H)e  HIebentt)  23a». 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  lvi.     Miserere  met,  Deus. 

BE   merciful  unto  me,   0   Grod,  for  man  goeth 
about  |  to  de  |  vourme  II  he  is  daily  |  fighting  | 
and  troubling  |  me. 

2  Mine  enemies  are  dailv  in  hand  to  |  swallow 

140" 


Morning.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  11 

me  |  up  ||  for  they  be  many  that  fight  against  me, 

0  |  thou  -  |  Most-  J  Highest. 

3  Nevertheless,  though  I  am  |  sometimes  a  J 
fraid  ||  yet  put  |  I  my  |  trust  in  |  thee. 

4  I  will  praise  Go.l,  because  J  of  his  |  word  li 

1  have  put  my  trust   in    God,    and  will  not  fear 
what  |  flesh  can  |  do  unto  ]  me. 

5  They  daily  mis  |  take  my  |  words  j|  all  that 
they  imagine  |  is  to  |  do  me  |  evil. 

6  They  hold  all  together,  and  keep  them  | 
selves  -  |  close  ||  and  mark  my  steps,  when  they 
lay  |  wait  -  |  for  my  |  soul. 

7  hdiall  they  escape  |  for  their  |  wickedness  (| 
thou,  0  God,  in  thy  dis  |  pleasure  shalt  |  cast 
them  I  down. 

8  Thou  tellest  my  wanderings  :  put  my  tears 
in  |  to  thy  |  bottle  II  are  not  these  things  [  noted  j 
in  thy  |  book  ? 

9  Whensoever  I  call  upon  thee,  then  shall  mine 
enemies  be  |  put  to  |  flight  ||  this  I  know  ;  for  | 
God  is  |  on  my  |  side. 

10  In  God's  word  will  |  I  re  |  joice  ||  in  the 
LorVs  word  |  will  I  |  comfort  |  me. 

11  Yea,  in  God  have  I  |  put  my  |  trust  ||  I  will 
not  bfi  afraid  what  |  man  can  |  do  unto  |  me. 

12  Unto  thee,  0  God,  will  I  |  pay  my  |  vows  II 
unto  |  thee  will  |  I  give  |  thanks. 

13  For  thou  ha-;t  delivered  my  soul  from  death, 
and  my  |  feet  from  |  falling  II  that  I  may  walk 
before  God  in  the  |  light  -  |  of  the  |  living. 

Psalm  lvii.     Miserere  met,  Dean. 

BE  merciful  unto   me,  0  God,  be  merciful  unto 
me  ;    for   my   soul  |  trusteth   in  |  thee  ||   and 

141 


Day  11.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Moexixq 

under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings  shall  be  my  ref« 
age,  until  this  |  tyranny  be  |  over  |  past. 

2  I  will  call  unto  the  most  |  high  -  |  God  1 
even  unto  the  God  that  shall  perform  the  cause  | 
which  I  |  have  in  |  hand. 

3  He  shall  |  send  from  |  heaven  ||  and  save  me 
from  the  reproof  of  him  |  that  would  |  eat  me  | 
up. 

4  Grod  shall  send  forth  his  |  mercy  and  |  truth  || 
my  soul  |  is  a  |  mong  -  |  lions. 

5  And  I  lie  even  among  the  children  of  men, 
that  are  j  set  on  |  fire  ||  whose  teeth  are  spears 
and  arrows,  and  their  |  tongue  a  |  sharp-  |  sword. 

6  Set  up  thyself,  0  God,  a  |  bove the  |  heavens  II 
and  thy  |  glory  a  |  hove  all  the  |  earth. 

7  They  have  laid  a  net  for  my  feet,  and  pres- 
sed |  down  my  |  soul  II  they  have  digged  a  pit  be- 
fore me,  and  are  fallen  into  the  |  midst  of  |  it 
them  |  selves. 

8  My  heart  is  fixed,  0  God,  my  |  heart  is  | 
fixed  ||  I  will  |  sing  -  |  ami  give  |  praise. 

9  Awake  up,  my  glory.;  awake,  |  lute  and  | 
harp  II  I  myself  |  will  a  |  wake  right  |  early. 

10  I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee,  0  Lord,  a  j 
mong  the  |  people  ||  and  I  will  sing  unto  |  thee 
a  |  mong  the  |  nations. 

11  For  the  greatness  of  thy  mercy  reacheth 
nn  |  to  the  |  heavens  II  and  thy  |  truth  un  |  tc 
the  |  clouds. 

12  Set  up  thyself,  0  God,  a  |  bove  the  | 
heavens  II  and  thy  j  glory  a  |  bove  all  the  j 
earth. 


142 


Morning.]  THE    l'SALTEU.  [Day  11 


Psalm  lviii.     Si  vere  utique. 

AE.E  your  minds  set  upon  righteousness,  0  ye  | 
congre  |  gation  ||  and  do  ye  judge  the  thing 
that  is  right,  |  0  ye  |  sons  of  |  men  ? 

2  Yea,  ye  imagine  mischief  in  your  heart  up  I 
on  the  |  earth  ||  and  your  |  hands  -  |  deal  with  I 
wickedness. 

3  The  ungodly  are  froward,  even  from  their  | 
mother's  |  womb  ||  as  soon  as  they  are  born,  they 
go  a  |  stray,  -  |  and  speak  |  lies. 

4  They  are  as  venomous  as  the  poison  |  of  a  | 
serpent  ||  even  like  the  deaf  |  adder,  that  |  stop- 
pet  h  her  |  ears ; 

5  Which  refuses  to  hear  the  |  voice  of  the  | 
charmer  ||  cha  |  rm  lie  |  never  so  j  wisely. 

6  Break  their  teeth,  0  God,  in  their  months  ; 
smite  the  jaw-bones  of  the  |  lions,  0  |  Lord  ||  let 
them  fall  away  like  water  that  runneth  apace  : 
and  when  they  shoot  their  arrows  let  |  them  be  j 
rooted  |  out. 

7  Let  them  consume  away  like  a  snail,  and  be 
like  the  untimely  fruit  |  of  a  |  woman  II  and  let 
them  j  not  -  |  see  the  |  sun. 

8  Or  ever  your  pots  be  made  |  hot  with 
thorns  II  so  let  indignation  vex  him,  even  as  a 
thing  -  |  that  is  |  raw. 

9  The  righteous  shall  rejoice  when  he  |  seeth 
the  |  vengeance  II  he  shall  wash  his  footsteps  in 
the  j  blood  of  |  the  un  |  godly. 

10  So  that  a  man  shall  say,  Verily  there  is  a 
reward  |  for  the  |  righteous  ||  doubtless  there  is 
a  |  God  that  |  judgeth  the  |  ea^th. 

U8 


Day  11.]  THE  PS  ALT  Kit.  {Evening. 

EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  lix.     Stipe  me  de  inimicis. 

DELIVER  rao  from  mine  |  enemies,  O  |  God  H 
defend  me  from  them  |  that  rise  |  up  a  |  gaimt 
me. 

2  0  deliver  me  from  the  |  wicked  |  doers  II  and 
save  me  |  from  the  |  blood-thirsty  |  men. 

3  For  lo,  they  lie  waiting  |  for  my  |  soul  il  the 
mighty  men  are  gathered  against  me,  without 
any  offence  or  |  fault  of  |  me,  0  |  Lord. 

4  They  run  and  prepare  themselves  with  |  out 
my  |  fault  II  arise  thou  therefore  to  |  help  me,  | 
and  be  |  hold. 

5  Stand  up,  0  Lord  God  of  hosts,  thou  God  of 
Israel,  to  vi^it  |  all  the  |  heathen  II  and  be  not 
merciful  unto  them  that  offend  |  of  ma  |  licious  | 
wickedness. 

6  They  go  to  and  fro  |  in  the  |  evening  ||  they 
grin  like  a  dog,  and  |  run  a  |  bout  through  the  | 
city. 

7  Behold,  they  speak  with  their  mouth,  and 
swords  are  |  in  their  |  lips  II  for  |  who  -  |  doth  -  | 
hear  ? 

8  But  thou,  0  Lord,  shalt  have  them  |  in  de  | 
rision  II  and  thou  shalt  laugh  |  all  the  |  heathen 
to  |  scorn. 

9  My  strength  will  I  ascribe  I  unto  j  thee  ||  for 
thou  art  the  |  God  -  |  of  my  |  refuge. 

10  God  showeth  me  his  goodness  |  plenteous  | 
1)  II  and  God  shall  let  me  see  my  de  |  sire  up  |  on 
mine  |  enemies. 

11  Slay  them  not,  lest  my  |  paople  for  |  get  it )! 

144 


Evramw.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  11, 

but  scatter  them  abroad  among  the  people,  and 
put  them  down,  0  I  Lord  -  |  our  de  |  fence. 

12  For  the  sin  of  their  mouth,  and  for  the 
words  of  their  lips,  they  shall  be  taken  |  in  their  | 
pride  ||  and  why  ?  their  preaching  j  is  of  |  cursing 
and  |  lies. 

13  Consume  them  in  thy  wrath,  consume  them, 
that  |  they  may  |  perish  II  and  know  that  it  is  God 
Uiat  ruleth  in  Jacob,  and  unto  the  |  ends  -  |  of 
the  |  world. 

14  And  in  the  evening  they  |  will  re  |  turn  || 
grin  like  a  dog,  and  will  |  go  a  |  bout  the  |  city. 

15  They  will  run  here  and  |  there  for  j  meat  11 
and  grudge  if  they  |  be  not  |  satis  |  tied. 

16  As  for  me,  I  will  sing  of  thy  power,  and  will 
praise  thy  mercy  be  |  times  in  the  |  morning  ||  for 
thou  hast  been  my  defence  and  my  refage  in 
the  |  day  -  |  of  my  |  trouble. 

17  Unto  thee,  0  my  strength,  |  will  I  |  sing  R 
for  thou,  0  God,  art  my  refuge,  |  and  my  |  merci- 
ful |  God. 

Psalm  lx.     Deus,  repulisti  ros. 

OGOD,  thou  hast  cast  us  out,  and  scattered  |  us 
a  |  broad  II  thou  hast  also  been  displeased  :   0 
turn  thee  |  unto  |  us  a  |  gain. 

2  Thou  hast  moved  the  land,  and  di  |  vided  |  it  || 
heal  the  sores  there  |  of,  -  |  for  it  |  shaketh. 

3  Thon  hast  showed  thy  people  |  heavy  1 
things  II  thou  hast  given  us  a  |  drink  of  |  deadly  j 
wine. 

4  Thou  hast  given  a  token  for  |  such  as  |  fear 
thee  II  that  they  may  triumph  be  |  cause  -  |  of 
the  |  truth. 

N  148 


Pat  11]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evening. 


.>  Therefore  were  thy  be  |  loved  ae  |  iivered  H 
belp  me  with  |  thy  right  |  hand,  and  |  hear  me. 

6  God  hath  spoken  in  his  holiness,  I  will  re- 
joice, and  di  |  vide  -  |  Sichem  II  and  mete  |  out 
the  |  valley  of  |  Succoth. 

7  Gilead  is  mine,  and  Ma  |  nasses  is  |  mine  I 
Ephraim  also  is  the  strength  of  my  head;  |  Ju- 
dah  |  is  my  |  lawgiver; 

8  Moab  is  my  wash-pot ;  over  Edom  will  I 
cast  |  out  my  |  shoe  II  Philistia,  |  be  thou  |  glad 
of  |  me. 

9  Who  will  lead  me  into  the  |  strong  -  |  city  II 
who  will  |  bring  me  |  into  |  Edom? 

10  Hast  not  thou  cast  us  |  out,  0  |  God  II  wilt 
not  thou,  0  God,  |  go  out  |  with  our  |  hosts? 

11  0  be  thou  our  |  help  in  |  trouble  ||  for  |  vain 
is  the  |  help  of  |  man. 

12  Through  God  will  we  |  do  great  |  acts  ||  for 
it  is  he  that  |  shall  tread  ]  down  our  |  enemies. 

Phalm  lxi.     Exaudi,  Dens. 

HEAR  my  |  crying,  0  |  God  II  give  |  ear  un  |  to 
my  |  prayer. 

2  From  the  ends  of  the  earth  will  I  |  call  up  | 
on  thee  II  when  my  |  heart  -  |  is  in  |  heaviness. 

3  0  set  me  up  upon  the  rock  that  is  |  higher 
than  |  I  II  for  thou  hast  been  my  hope,  and  a 
strong  tower  |  for  me  a  |  gainst  the  |  enemy. 

4  1  will  dwell  in  thy  tabernacle  |  for  -  |  ever  II 
and  my  trust  shall  be  under  the  |  covering  |  of 
thy  |  wings. 

5  For  thou,  0  Lord,  hast  |  heard  my  de  (  sires  II 
and  hast  given  an  heritage  unto  |  those  that  |  fear 
thy  |  Name. 

146 


Morning]  THE   PSALTER.  [Day  12. 


6  Thou  shalt  grant  tli3  King  a  |  long  -  [  life  II 
that  his  years  may  endure  through  |  out  all  | 
gener  |  ations. 

7  He  shall  dwell  before  |  God  for  |  ever  II  O 
prepare  thy  loving  mercy  and  faithfulness,  |  that 
they  |  may  pre  |  sesve  him. 

8  So  will  I  always  sing  praise  un  |  to  thy  | 
Name  P  that  I  may  |  daily  per  |  form  my  |  vows. 


2Tl)e  Stoelftt)  S<m 
MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  lxii.     Nonne  Deo  ? 

MY  soul  truly  waiteth  |  still  upon  |  Grod  ||  for  of 
him  |  cometh  |  my  sal  |  vation. 

2  He  verily  is  my  strength  and  |  my  sal  |  va- 
tion II  he  is  my  defence,  so  that  1  |  shall  not  | 
greatly  |  fall. 

3  How  long  will  ye  imagine  mischief  against  | 
every  |  man  II  Ye  shall  be  slain  all  the  sort  of 
you  ;  yea,  as  a  tottering  wall  shall  ye  be,  and  | 
like  a  |  broken  |  hedge. 

4  Their  device  is  only  how  to  put  him  out 
whom  |  G-od  will  ex  |  alt  II  their  delight  is  in  lies  ; 
they  give  good  words  with  their  mouth,  but  | 
curse  -  |  with  their  |  heart. 

0  ]\"evertheless,  my  soul,  wait  thou  |  still  upon  j 
God  II  for  my  |  hope  -  |  is  in  |  him. 

6  He  truly  is  my  strength  and  I  my  sal  j  va- 
tion II  he  is  my  defence,  so  |  that  I  |  shall  not  | 
fall. 

7  In  God  is  my  health  |  and  my  |  glory  II  the 
rock  of  my  might,  and  in  I  God  -  |  is  my  |  trust 

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8  0  put  your  trust  in  him  |  alway,  ye  |  peo- 
ple II  pour  out  your  hearts  before  him,  for  |  God  - 1 
is  our  |  hope. 

9  As  for  the  children  of  men,  they  |  are  but  | 
vanity  ||  the  children  of  men  are  deceitful  upon 
the  weights  ;  they  are  altogether  lighter  than  j 
vani  |  ty  it  |  self. 

10  0  trust  not  in  wrong  and  robbery :  give  not 
yourselves  |  unto  |  vanity  II  if  riches  increase,  set  | 
i   »t  your  |  heart  up  |  on  them. 

11  God  spake  once,  and  twice  I  have  also  | 
I  card  the  |  same  II  that  power  be  [  longeth  |  unto  | 
viod  ; 

12  And  that  thou,  |  Lord,  art  |  merciful  ||  fot 
thou  rewardest  every  man  ac  |  cording  |  to  his  | 
work. 


Psalm  lxiii.     JDeus,  Deus 


0 


GOD,  thou  |  art  my  |  God  ||  early  |  will  I 


sec 


thee. 


2  My  soul  thirsteth  for  thee  ;  my  flesh  also 
longeth  |  after  |  thee  ||  in  a  barren  and  dry  land  | 
where  no  |  water  |  is. 

3  Thus  have  I  looked  for  thee  in  |  ho.i  |  ness  j| 
that  I  might  be  |  hold  thy  |  power  and  |  glory. 

4  For  thy  loving-kindness  is  better  than  the  | 
life  it  |  self  II  my  |  lips  shall  |  praise  -  |  thee. 

5  As  long  as  I  live  will  I  magnify  thee  |  in 
this  |  manner  II  and  lift  up  my  |  hands  -  |  in  thy  | 
Name. 

6  My  soul  shall  be  satisfied,  even  as  it  were 
with  |  marrow  and  |  fatness  ||  when  my  mouth 
piaiseth  [  thee  with  |  joyful  |  lips. 

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7  Have  I  not  remembered  thee  |  in  my  |  bed  i 
and  thought  upon  |  thee  when  |  I  was  |  waking? 

8  Because  thou  hast  |  been  my  |  helper  !l  there- 
fore under  the  shadow  of  thy  |  wings  will  |  I  re  j 
joice. 

9  Mv  soul  |  hangeth  up  |  on  thee  II  thy  right 
hand  |  hath  up  |  hold  en  |  me. 

10  These  also  that  seek  the  hurt  |  of  my  | 
soul  II  they  |  shall  go  |  under  the  |  earth. 

11  Let  them  fall  upon  the  edge  |  of  the  ( 
sword  II  that  they  may  |  be  a  |  portion  for  |  foxes. 

12  But  the  King  shall  rejoice  in  God  ;  all  they 
also  that  swear  by  him  shall  |  be  com  |  mended  li 
for  the  mouth  of  them  that  speak  |  lies  -  |  shall 
be  |  stopped. 

Psalm  lxiv.     Excnidi,  Dexis. 

HEAR  my  voice,  0  God,  |  in  my  |  prayer  II  pre- 
serve my  life  from  I  fear  -  |  of  the  |  enemy. 

2  Hide  me  from  the  gathering  together  |  of 
the  |  froward  II  and  from  the  insur  |  rection  of  | 
wicked  |  doers  ; 

3  Who  have  whet  their  tongue  I  like  a  |  sword  j 
and  shoot  out  their  arrows,  |  even  |  bitter  |  words  ; 

4  That  they  may  privily  shoot  at  him  |  that 
is  |  perfect  II  suddenly  do  they  |  hit  him,  and  j 
fear  -  |  not. 

5  They  encourage  them  |  selves  in  |  mischief  f| 
and  commune  among  themselves,  how  they  may 
lay  snares;  and  say,  that  |  no  -  |  man  shall  |  see 
them. 

6  They  imagine  wickedness,  and  |  practise  J  it  II 
that  they  keep  secret  among  themselves,  every 
man  in  the  |  deep  -  |  of  his  |  heart. 

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7  But  God  shall  suddenly  shoot  at  them  with 
a  |  swift  -  |  arrow  ||  that  |  they  -  |  shall  be  | 
wounded. 

8  Yea,  their  own  tongues  shall  J  make  them  | 
fall  li  insomuch  that  whoso  seeth  them  shall  | 
laugh  -  |  them  to  |  scorn. 

9  And  all  men  that  see  it  shall  say,  This  hath  | 
God  -  |  done  ||  for  they  shall  perceive  |  that  it  |  is 
his  |  work. 

10  The  righteous  shall  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  and 
put  his  |  trust  in  |  him  II  and  all  they  that  are 
true  of  |  heart  -  |  shall  be  |  glad. 


EVENING  PRAYEL. 
Psalm  lxv.     Te  decet  hyvxnus. 

THOU,  0  God,  art  |  praised  in  |  Sion  II  and  unto 
thee  shall  the  vow   be   per  |  formed  |  in  Je  | 
rusalem. 

2  Thou  that  |  nearest-  the  |  prayer  [[  unto  | 
thee  shall  |  all  flesh  |  come. 

3  My  misdeeds  pre  |  vail  a  |  gainst  me  II  0  be 
thou  merciful  |  un  -  |  to  our  |  sins. 

4  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou  choosest,  and 
receivest  |  unto  |  thee  II  he  shall  dwell  in  thy  court, 
and  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  pleasures  of  thy 
house,  even  |  of  thy  |  holy  |  temple. 

5  Thou  shalt  show  us  wonderful  things  in  thy 
righteousness,  O  God  of  |  our  sal  |  vation  ||  thou 
that  art  the  hope  of  all  the  ends  of  the  earth,  and 
of  them  that  re  |  main  in  the  |  broad  -  |  sea. 

6  Who  in  his  strength  setteth  |  fast  the  j 
mountains  II  and  is  |  girded  a  |  bout  with  |  power 

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7  Who  stilleth  the  raging  |  of  the  |  sea  ||  and 
the  noise  of  his  waves,  and  the  |  madness  |  or 
the  |  people. 

8  They  also  that  dwell  in  the  uttermost  parts 
}f  the  earth  shall  be  afraid  |  at  thy  |  tokens  !l  thou 
that  makest  the  outgoings  of  the  I  morning  and  | 
evening  to  |  praise  thee. 

9  Thou  visitest  the  earth,  and  |  blessest  |  it  fl 
thou  |  makest  it  |  very  |  plenteous. 

*  10  The  river  of  God  is  |  full  of  |  water  ||  thou 
preparest  their  corn,  for  so  thou  pro  |  videst  |  for 
the  |  earth. 

11  Thou  waterest  her  furrows  ;  thou  sendest 
rain  into  the  little  |  valleys  there  |  of  II  thou 
makest  it  soft  with  the  drops  of  rain,  and  |  bless- 
est the  |  increase  |  of  it. 

12  Thou  crownest  the  year  |  with  thy  ]  good- 
ness II  and  thy  |  clouds  -  |  drop  -  |  fatness. 

13  They  shall  drop  upon  the  dwellings  |  of 
the  |  wilderness  T|  and  the  little  hills  shall  re  |  joice 
on  |  every  |  side. 

14  The  folds  shall  be  |  full  of  |  sheep  II  the  val- 
leys also  shall  stand  so  thick  with  corn,  |  that 
they  shall  |  laugh  and  |  sing. 

Psalm  Jxvi.     Jubilate  Deo. 

OBE  joyful  in  God,  |  all  ye  |  lands  ||  sing  praises 
unto  the   honour  of  his    Name ;   make  his   | 
praise  -  |  to  be  |  glorious. 

2  Say  unto  God,  0  how  wonderful  art  thou  | 
in  thy  |  works  II  through  the  greatness  of  thy 
power  shall  thine  enemies  be  found  |  liais  |  unto  | 
thee. 

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3  For  all  the  world  shall  |  worship  |  thee  II  sing 
of  thee,  and  |  praise  -  |  thy  -  |  Name. 

4  0  come  hither,  and  behold  the  |  works  of  | 
God  II  how  wonderful  he  is  in  his  doing  to  |  ward 
the  |  children  of  |  men. 

5  He  turned  the  sea  into  |  dry  -  |  land  II  so 
that  they  went  through  the  water  on  foot ;  there 
did  |  we  re  |  joice  there  |  of. 

6  He  ruleth  with  his  power  for  ever  :  his  eyes 
be  |  hold  the  |  people  II  and  such  as  will  not  be- 
lieve shall  not  be  able  |  to  ex  |  alt  them  |  selves. 

7  0  praise  our  |  God,  ye  |  people  ||  and  make 
the  voice-  of  his  |  praise  -  |  to  be  |  heard  ; 

8  Who  holdeth  our  |  soul  in  |  life  II  and  suffer- 
eth  |  not  our  |  feet  to  |  slip. 

9  For  thou,  0  God,  hast  |  proved  |  us  II  thou 
also  hast  tried  us,  |  like  as  |  silver  is  |  tried. 

10  Thou  br<  mghtest  us  in  |  to  the  |  snare  II  and 
laidest  |  trouble  up  |  on  our  |  loins. 

11  Thou  sufferedst  men  to  ride  |  over  our  | 
heads  II  we  went  through  fire  and  water,  and 
thou  bronghtest  us  out  in  |  to  a  |  wealthy  | 
place. 

12  I  will  go  into  thine  house  with  |  burnt  -  | 
offerings  ||  and  will  pay  thee  my  vows,  which  ] 
promised  with  my  lips,  and  spake  with  my 
mouth,  |  when  I  j  was  in  |  trouble. 

13  I  will  offer  unto  thee  fat  burnt-sacrifices, 
with  the  |  incense  of  |  rams  II  I  will  |  offer  I  bul- 
locks and  |  goats. 

14  0  come  hither,  and  hearken,  all  ye  that  | 
fear  •  |  God  II  and  I  will  tell  you  what  he  hath  j 
done        for  my  |  soul. 

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15  I  called  unto  him  |  with  my  |  mouth  II  and 
gave  him  |  praises  |  with  my  |  tongue. 

16  If  I  incline  unto  wickedness  |  with  mine  j 
heart  ii  the  |  Lord  -  |  will  not  |  hear  me. 

17  But  |  God  hath  j  heard  me  II  and  considered 
the  |  voice  -  |  of  my  |  prayer. 

18  Praised  be  God,  who  hath  not  cast  |  out 
my  |  prayer  ||  nor  |  turned  his  |  mercy  |  from  me. 

Psalm  lxvii.     Dens  misereatur. 

GOD  be  merciful  unto  us,  |  and  -  |  bless    us  II 
and  show  us  the  light  of  his  countenance,  and 
be  |  merciful  |  unto  |  us  ; 

2  That  thy  way  may  be  |  known  upon  |  earth  I! 
thy  saving  |  health  a  |  mong  all  |  nations. 

3  Let  .the  people  praise  |  thee,  0  |  God  ||  yea, 
let  |  all  the  |  people  j  praise  thee. 

4  0  let  the  nations  rejoice  |  and  be  |  glad  ||  for 
thou  shalt  judge  the  folk  righteously,  and  govern 
the  |  nations  |  upon  |  earth. 

5  Let  the  people  praise  |  thee,  0  |  God  ii  yea, 
let  |  all  the  |  people  |  praise  thee. 

6  Then  shall  the  earth  bring  |  forth  her  I  in- 
crease I!  and  God,  even  our  own  God,  shall  | 
give  |  -  us  his  |  blessing. 

7  God  |  -  shall  |  bless  us  ||  and  all  the  ends  | 
of  the  |  world  shall  I  fear  him. 


Clje  STljivtecutf)  Ban>. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  lxviii.     Exnryat  Dens. 

LET    God    arise,   and   let  his    enemies  |  be  -  | 
scattered  ||  let  them  also  that  |  hate  him  |  flee 
be  |  fore  him. 

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2  Like  as  the  smoke  vanisheth,  so  sbalt  thou  | 
drive  them  a  |  way  II  and  like  as  wax  melteth  at 
the  five,  so  let  the  ungodly  perish  |  at  the  |  pre- 
sence of  |  (rod. 

3  But  let  the  righteous  be  glad,  and  re  |  joice 
before  j  God  ||  let  them  |  also  be  |  merry  and  | 
joyful. 

4  0  sing  unto  God,  and  sing  praises  un  |  to 
his  |  Name  II  magnify  him  that  rideth  upon  the 
heavens,  as  it  were  upon  an  horse  ;  praise  him  in 
his  Name  J  A II,  |  and  re  |  joice  be  |  fore  him. 

6  He  is  a  Father  of  the  fatherless,  and  defend- 
eth  the  cause  |  of  the  |  widows  ||  even  God  in 
his  |  holy  |  habi  |  tation. 

6  He  is  the  God  that  maketh  men  to  be  of  one 
mind  in  an  house,  and  bringeth  the  prisoners 
out  |  of  cap  |  tivity  ||  but  letteth  the  runagates 
con  j  tinue  |  in  -  |  scarceness. 

7  0  God,  when  thou  wentest  forth  be  |  fore 
the  |  people  II  when  thou  |  wentest  |  through  the  | 
wilderness, 

8  The  earth  shook,  and  the  heavens  dropped  at 
the  |  presence  of  |  God  II  even  as  Sinai  also  was 
moved  at  the  presence  of  God,  who  |  is  the  |  God 
of  j  Israel. 

9  Thou,  0  God,  sentest  a  gracious  rain  upon  | 
thine  in  |  heritance  II  and  refreshedst  it  |  when  -  j 
it  was  j  weary. 

10  Thy  congregation  shall  |  dwell  there  |  in  il 
for  thou,  0  God,  hast  of  thy  goodness  pre  |  pared  | 
for  the  |  poor. 

11  'the  Lord  |  gave  the  |  word  II  great  was 
<ie  |  company  |  of  the  I  preachers. 

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12  Kings  with  their  armies  did  flee,  and  |  were 
dis  |  conirited  ||  and  they  of  the  |  household  di  | 
vided  the  |  spoil. 

13  Though  ye  have  lain  among  the  pots,  yet 
shall  ye  be  as  the  wings  |  of  a  |  dove  ||  that  is  co- 
vered with  silver  wings,  |  and  her  |  feathers  like  | 
gold. 

14  When  the  Almighty  scattered  kings  for 
their  -  |  sake  II  then  were  they  as  |  white  as 
snow  in  |  Salmon. 

15  As  i he  hill  of  Basan,  so  is  |  God's  -  |  hill  U 
even  an  high  hill,  |  as  the  |  hill  of  |  Basan. 

16  Why  hop  ye  so,  ye  high  hills  ?  this  is  God's 
hill,  in  the  which  it  pleaseth  j  him  to  |  dwell  || 
yea,  the  Lord  will  a  |  bide  in  |  it  for  |  ever. 

17  The  chariots  of  God  are  twenty  thousand, 
even  |  thousands  of  |  angels  li  and  the  Lord  is 
among  them  as  in  the  |  holy  |  place  of  |  Sinai. 

18  Thou  art  gone  up  on  high,  thou  hast  led 
captivity  captive,  and  received  |  gifts  for  |  men  !l 
yea,  even  for  thine  enemies,  that  the  Lord  |  God 
might  |  dwell  a  |  mong  them. 

19  Praised  be  the  |  Lord  -  |  daily  II  even  the 
God  who  helpeth  us,  and  poureth  his  |  bene  |  tits 
up  |  on  us. 

20  He  is  our  God,  even  the  God  of  whom  j 
cometh  sal  |  vat  ion  I!  God  is  the  Lord,  by  |  whom 
we  es  j  cape  -  |  death. 

21  God  shall  wound  the  head  |  of  his  |  ene- 
mies II  and  the  hairy  scalp  of  such  a  one  as  goeth 
on  j  still  in  his  |  wicked  |  nes^. 

22  The  Lord  hath  said,  I  will  bring  my  people 
again,  as  I  |  did  from  |  Basan  ||  mine  own  will  I 

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bring  again,  as  I  did  sometime  |  from  the  |  deep 
of  the  |  sea. 

23  That  thy  foot  may  be  dipped  in  the  blood  | 
of  thine  |  enemies  II  and  that  the  tongue  of  thy 
dogs  may  be  |  red  -  |  through  the  |  sam ■».. 

24  It  is  well  seen,  0  God,  |  how  thou  |  goest  I! 
how  thou,  my  God  and  King,  j  goest  |  in  the  | 
sanctuary. 

25  The  singers  go  before,  the  minstrels  |  fol- 
low |  after  ||  in  the  midst  are  the  damsels  |  play- 
ing |  with  the  |  timbrels. 

26  Give  thanks,  0  Israel,  unto  God  the  Lord 
in  the  j  congre  |  gations  II  from  the  |  ground  -  I 
of  the  |  heart. 

27  There  is  little  Benjamin  their  ruler,  and 
the  princes  of  |  Judah  their  |  council  ||  the  prin- 
ces of  Zebulon,  |  and  the  |  princes  of  |  Neph- 
thali. 

28  Thy  God  hath  sent  forth  |  strength  for  | 
thee  II  stablish  the  thing,  0  God,  that  |  thou 
hast  |  wrought  in  |  us, 

29  For  thy  temple's  sake  |  at  Je  |  rusalem  ti 
so  shall  kings  bring  |  presents  |  unto  |  thee. 

30  When  the  company  of  the  spearmen,  and 
multitude  of  the  mighty  are  scattered  abroad 
among  the  beasts  of  the  people,  so  that  they 
humbly  bring  |  pieces  of  |  silver  ||  and  when  he 
hath  scattered  the  people  |  that  de  |  light  in  j  war  ; 

31  Then  shall  the  princes  come  |  out  of 
Egypt  II  the  Morians'  land  shall  soon  stretch 
out  her  |  hands  unto  |  God. 

32  Sing  unto  God,  0  ye  kingdoms  |  of  the 
earth  li  0  sing  |  praises  un  |  to  the  |  Lord  *, 

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33  Who  sitteth  in  the  heavens  over  all,  from  | 
the  begin  |  ning  II  lo,  lie  doth  send  out  his  voice; 
yea,  and  j  that  a  |  mighty  |  voic«. 

34  Ascribe  ye  the  power  to  God  |  over  |  Israel  R 
his  worship  and  |  strength  is  |  in  the  |  clouds. 

35  0  God,  wonderful  art  thou  in  thy  \  holy  | 
places  II  even  the  God  of  Israel,  he  will  give 
strength  and  power  unto  his  people.  |  Bless  -  | 
ed  be  I  God. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  lxix.     Salman  me  fac. 

SAVE  me,  |  0  -  |  God  II  for  the  waters  are  come 
in,  |  even  |  unto  my  |  soul. 

2  I  stick  fast  in  the  deep  mire,  where  |  no 
ground  |  is  ||  I  am  come  into  deep  waters,  so  that 
the  |  floods  run  |  over  |  me. 

3  I  am  weary  of  crying;  my  |  throat  is  |  dry  I! 
my  sight  faileth  me  for  waiting  so  |  long  up  |  on 
my  j  God. 

4  They  that  hate  me  without  a  cause  are  more 
than  the  hairs  |  of  my  |  head  II  they  that  are  mine 
enemies,  and  would  de  I  stroy  me  |  guiltless,  are  | 
mighty. 

5  I  paid  them  the  things  that  I  [  never  |  took  II 
God,  thou  knowest  my  simpleness,  and  my  faults  | 
are  not  |  hid  from  |  thee. 

6  Let  not  them  that  trust  in  thee,  0  Lord  Goc 
of  hosts,  be  ashamed  |  for  ray  |  cause  II  let  not 
those  that  seek  thee  be  confounded  through  me, 
0  |  Lord  -  j  God  of  |  Israel. 

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7  And  why  ?•  for  thy  sake  have  I  |  suffered  re  | 
proof  II  shame  |  hath  -  |  covered  my  |  face. 

8  I  am  become  a  stranger  nn  |  to  my  |  breth- 
ren II  even  an  alien  un  j  to  my  |  mother's  |  chil- 
dren. 

9  For  the  zeal  of  thine  house  hath  even  |  eaten  | 
me  |j  and  the  rebukes  of  them  that  rebuked  |  thee 
are  |  fallen  upon  |  me. 

10  I  wept,  and  chastened  my  |  self  with  |  fast- 
ing II  and   that  was  |  turned  to  |  my  re  |  proof. 

11  I  put  on  |  sackcloth  |  also  II  and  |  they  -  | 
jested  up  |  on  me. 

12  They  that  sit  in  the  gate  |  speak  a  |  gainst 
me  II  and  the  drunkards  |  make  -  |  songs  up  |  on 
me. 

13  But,  Lord,  I  make  my  prayer  |  unto  |  thee  II 
in  |  an  ac  |  ceptable  |  time. 

14  Hear  me,  0  God,  in  the  multitude  |  of  thy  ] 
mercy  II  even  in  the  |  truth  of  |  thy  sal  |  vation. 

15  Take  me  out  of  the  mire,  that  I  |  sink  -  | 
not  II  0  let  me  be  delivered  from  them  that  hate 
me,  and  |  out  of  |  the  deep  |  waters. 

16  Let.  not  the  water-flood  drown  me,  neither 
let  the  deep  |  swallow  me  |  up  II  and  let  not  the 
pit  |  shut  her  |  mouth  up  |  on  me. 

17  Hear  me,  0  Lord,  for  thy  loving-kindness 
is  |  comfort  |  able  II  turn  thee  unto  me  according 
to  the  |  multitude  |  of  thy  |  mercies: 

18  And  hide  not  thy  face  from  thy  servant ; 
for  I  |  am  in  |  trouble  II  0  j  haste  -  |  thee,  and  | 
hear  me. 

19  Draw  nigh  unto  my  |  soul,  and  |  save  it  B 
0  deliver  me,  be  |  cause  -  |  of  mine  |  enemies. 

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20  Thou  hast  known  my  reproof,  my  shame, 
and  |  my  dis  |  honour  I!  mine  adversaries  are  | 
all  -  |  in  thy  |  sight. 

2L  Thy  rebuke  hath  broken  my  heart;  I  am  | 
full  of  |  heaviness  I!  I  looked  for  some  to  have  pity 
on  me,  but  there  was  no  man,  neither  found  I  | 
any  to  |  comfort  |  me. 

22  They  gave  me  |  gall  to  |  eat  II  and  wheu  1 
was  thirsty  they  |  gave  me  |  vinegar  to  |  drink. 

23  Let  their  table  be  made  a  snare  to  take 
them  |  selves  withj  al  ||  and  let  the  things  that 
should  have  been  for  their  wealth  be  unto  them  | 
an  oc  |  casion  of  |  falling. 

24  Let  their  eyes  be  blinded,  |  that  they  |  see 
not  '!  and  ever  |  bow  thou  |  down  their  |  backs. 

25  Pour  out  thine  indig  |  nation  up  j  on  them  !? 
and  let  thy  wrathful  dis  |  pleasure  take  |  hold  of  | 
them. 

26  Let  their  habi  |  tation  be  |  void  ||  and  no 
man  to  |  dwell  -  |  in  their  |  tents. 

27  For  they  persecute  him  whom  |  thou  hast  | 
smitten  II  and  they  talk  how  they  may  vex  |  them 
whom  |  thou  hast  |  wounded. 

28  Let  them  fall  from  one  wickedness  |  to  an  | 
other  ||  and  not  |  come  in  |  to  thy  |  righteousness. 

29  Let  them  be  wiped  out  of  the  book  |  of  the  | 
living  II  and  not  be  |  written  a  |  mong  the  |  right- 
eous. 

30  As  for  me,  when  lam  poor  |  and  in  |  heavi. 
ness  I1  thy  help,  0  |  God,  shall  |  lift  me  |  up. 

31  I  will  praise  the  Name  of  God  |  with  a  j 
song  II  and  magni  |  fy  it  j  with  thank 

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32  This  also  shall  |  please  the  |  Lord  !!  bettel 
than  a  bullock  |  that  hath  |  horns  and  |  hoofs. 

33  The  humble  shall  consider  this,  |  and  be  | 
glad  II  seek  ye  alter  God,  |  and  your  |  soul  shall  | 
live. 

34  For  the  Lord  |  heareth  the  |  poor  II  and  de  | 
spiseth  |  not  his  |  prisoners. 

35  Let  heaven  and  |  earth  -  |  praise  him  II  the 
sea,  and  |  all  that  |  moveth  there  j  in. 

36  For  God  will  save  Sion,  and  build  the  | 
cities  of  |  Judah  II  that  men  may  dwell  there, 
and  |  have  it  |  in  pos  |  session. 

37  The  posterity  also  of  his  servants  |  shall  in  | 
herit  it  II  and  they  that  love  his  |  Name  shall  | 
dwell  there  |  in. 

Psalm  lxx.     Dens,  in  adjutorium. 

HASTE  thee,  0  God,  |  to  de  |  liver  me  II  make 
haste  to  |  help  -  |  me,  0  |  Lord. 

2  Let  them  be  ashamed  and  confounded  that 
seek  |  after  my  |  soul  ||  let  them  be  turned  back- 
ward and  put  to  confusion  |  that  -  |  wish  me  |  evil. 

3  Let  them  for  their  reward  be  soon  |  brought 
to  |  shame  II  that  cry  |  over  |  me,  There  !  |  there! 

4  But  let  all  those  that  seek  thee  be  joyful 
and  |  glad  in  |  thee  II  and  let  all  such  as  delight 
in  thy  salvation  say  alway,  The  |  Lord  -  |  be  -  | 
praised. 

5  As  for  me,  I  am  poor  |  and  in  |  misery  \ 
haste  thee  |  unto  |  me,  0  |  God. 

6  Thou  art  my  helper,  and  |  my  re  |  deemer  II 
9  Lord,  |  make  -  |  no  long  |  tarrying. 


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2Tl)e  jFourtccatt)  Dan. 
MORNING  PRAYER. 
!\-al>.  lxxi.     In  te,  Do/nine,  speravi. 
N  thee,  0  Lord,  have  I   pat  my   trust;   let  me 


I 


never  be  put  |  to  con  |  fusion  II  but  rid  me,  and 
deliver  me,  in  thy  righteousness  ;  incline  thine 
ear  |  onto  |  me,  and  |  save  me. 

2  Be  thou  my  stronghold,  whereunto  I  may  | 
alway  re  |  sort  ||  thou  hast  promised  to  help  me, 
for  thou  art  my  house  of  de  |  fence,  -  |  and  my  j 
castle. 

3  Deliver  me,  0  my  God,  out  of  the  hand  of  | 
the  un  |  godly  II  out  of  the  hand  of  the  un  j  right- 
eous and  |  cruel  |  man. 

4  For  thou,  0  Lord  God,  art  the  thing  |  that 
I  |  long  for  j|  thou  art  my  hope,  |  even  |  from  my  | 
youth. 

5  Through  thee  have  I  been  holden  up  ever 
since  |  I  was  |  born  II  thou  art  he  that  took  me 
out  of  my  mother's  womb  ;  my  praise  |  shall  be  j 
always  of  |  thee. 

6  I  am  become  as  it  were  a  monster  |  unto  | 
many  II  but  my  sure  |  trust  -  |  is  in  |  thee. 

7  0  let  my  mouth  be  filled  |  with  thy  |  praise  || 
that  I  may  sing  of  thy  glory  and  |  honour  |  all 
the  day  |  long. 

8  Cast  me  not  away  in  the  |  time  of  |  age  II 
forsake  me  not  j  when  my  |  strength  -  I  faileth 
me. 

9  For  mine  enemies  speak  against  me  ;  and 
they  that  lay  wait  for  my  soul  take  their  counsel 
to  |  gether,  j  saying   II    God  hath   forsaken  him  ; 

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persecute  him,  a. id  take  him,  for  there  is  |  none  -  j 
to  de  |  liver  him. 

10  Go  not  far  from  me,  |  0  -  |  God  ||  my  God,  | 
haste  -  |  thee  to  |  help  me. 

11  Let  them  be  confounded  and  perish  that 
area  |  gainst  -my  |  soul  I!  let  them  be  covered 
with  shame  and  dishonour  that  |  seek  to  |  do  me  | 
evil. 

12  As  for  me,  I  will  patiently  a  |  bide  -  |  al- 
way  !|  and  will  |  praise  thee  |  more  and  |  more. 

13  My  mouth  shall  daily  speak  of  thy  right- 
eousness |  and  sal  |  vation  ||  for  1  |  know  no  |  end 
there  |  of. 

14  I  will  go  forth  in  the  strength  of  the 
Lord'-  |  God  II  and  will  make  mention  |  of  thy 
righteousness  [  only. 

15  Thou,  0  God,  hast  taught  me  from  my 
youth  up  |  until  |  now  ||  therefore  will  I  tell  |  oi 
thy  |  wondrous  |  works. 

16  Forsake  me  not,  0  God,  in  mine  old  age, 
when  |  I  am  gray  |  headed  II  until  I  have  showed 
thy  strength  unto  this  generation,  and  thy  power 
to  all  them  |  that  are  |  yet  for  to  |  come. 

17  Thy  righteousness,  0  God,  is  |  very  |  high  || 
and  great  things  are  they  that  thou  hast  done  ;  0 
God,  |  who  is  |  like  unto  |  thee  ! 

18  0  what  great  troubles  and  adversities  hast 
thou  showed  me  !  and  yet  didst  thou  |  turn  and 
re  |  fresh  me  II  yea,  and  broughtest  me  from  the  1 
deep  of  the  |  earth  a  |  gain. 

19  Thou  hast  brought  me  to  |  great  -  [  hon- 
our II  and  comforted  |  me  on  |  every  |  side  : 

20  Therefore  will  I  praise  thee,  and  thy  faith- 

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fulness,  0  God,  playing  upon  an  |  instrument  of  | 
music  II  nnfo  thee  will  1  sing  upon  the  harp,  0 
thou  |  Holy  |  One  of  |  Israel. 

21  My  lips  will  be  fain  when  I  sing  j  unto  | 
thee  II  and  so  will  my  soul  |  whom  thou  |  hast 
de  |  live  red. 

22  My  tongue  also  shall  talk  of  thy  righteous- 
ness |  all  the  day  |  long  II  for  ihey  are  confounded 
and  brought  unto  shame  that  |  seek  to  |  do  me  | 
evil. 

Fsalm  lxxii.     Deus,  judicium. 

GIVE   the    King  thy  judgments,  |  0  -  |  God   y 
and  thy  righteousness  un  |  to  the  |  King's  -  | 
son. 

2  Then  shall  he  judge  thy  people  according  j 
unto  |  right  II  and  de  |  fend  -  |  the  -  |  poor. 

3  'ihe  mountains  also  |  thall  bring  |  peace  ij 
and  the  little  hills  |  righteousness  |  unto  the  | 
people. 

4  He  shall  keep  the  simple  folk  |  by  their  | 
right  II  defend  the  children  ot  the  poor,  and  |  pun- 
ish the  |  wrong  -  |  doer. 

5  They  shall  fear  thee,  as  long  as  the  sun 
and  |  moon  en  |  dureth  ||  from  one  gener  j  ation  | 
to  an  |  other. 

C  He  shall  come  down  like  the  rain  into  a  | 
fleece  of  |  wool  H  even  as  the  |  drops  that  |  water 
the  |  earth. 

7  In  his  time  shall  the  |  righteous  '  flourish  I 
yea,  and  abundance  of  peace,  so  lon^  |  as  the  | 
moon  en  I  dureth. 

8  His  dominion  shall  be  also  from  the  one  sea  | 

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to  the  |  other  II  and   from  the    Hood   un  |  to  the  | 
world's  -  |  end. 

9  They  that  dwell  in  the  wilderness  shall  | 
kneel  be  |  fore  hi  in  II  his  enemies  |  shall  -  |  lick 
the  |  dust. 

10  The  kings  of  Tharsis  and  of  the  isles  |  shall 
give  |  presents  ||  the  kings  of  Arabia  and  |  fc'aba  | 
shall  bring  |  gifts. 

11  All  kings  shall  fall  |  down  be  |  fore  him  I 
all  |  nations  shall  |  do  him  |  service. 

12  For  he  shall  deliver  the  poor  |  when  he  \ 
cric;th  II  the  needy  also,  and  |  him  that  |  hath 
no  j  helper. 

13  He  shall  be  favourable  to  the  |  simple  and  | 
needy  |j  and  shall  preserve  the  |  souls  -  |  of  the  | 
poor. 

14  lie  shall  deliver  their  souls  from  |  false- 
hood and  |  wrong  II  and  dear  shall  their  |  blood 
be  |  in  his  |  sight. 

15  He  shall  live,  and  unto  him  shall  be  given 
of  the  |  gold  of  A  |  rabia  II  prayer  shall  be  made 
ever  unto  him,  and  |  daily  |  shall  he  be  |  praised. 

16  There  ^hall  be  an  heap  of  corn  in  the  earth, 
high  up  |  on  the  |  hills  I!  his  fruit  shall  shake  like 
Libanus,  and  shall  be  green  in  the  city  like  | 
grass  up  |  on  the  |  earth. 

17  His  Name  shall  endure  for  ever;  his  Name 
shall  remain  under  the  sun  amongst  |  the  pos  j 
tcrities  II  which  shall  be  blessed  through  him  ; 
and  |  all  the  |  heathen  shall  |  praise  him. 

18  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God,  even  the  |  God 
of  |  Isiael  II  which  only  |  doeth  |  wondrous  1 
things ; 

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19  And  blessed  be  the  Name  of  his  Majesty  | 
for  -  |  ever  II  and  all  the  earth  shall  be  filled  with 
his  Majesty.  |  Amen,  |  A  -  |  men. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  lxxiii.     Quam  bonus  Israel ! 

TRULY  God  is  loving  |  unto  |  Israel  f|  even  unto 
such  as  are  |  of  a  |  clean  -  |  heart. 

2  Nevertheless,  my  feet  were  |  almost  |  gone  II 
my  |  t readings  had  |  well-nigh  |  slipt. 

3  And  why  ?  I  was  grieved  |  at  the  |  wicked  || 
I  do  also  see  the  un  |  godly  in  |  such  pros  | 
perity. 

4  For  they  are  in  no  |  peril  of  |  death  II  but 
are  |  lust  -  |  y  and  |  strong. 

5  They  come  in  no  misfortune  like  |  other  | 
folk  II  neither  are  they  |  plagued  like  |  other  | 
men. 

6  And  this  is  the  cause  that  they  are  so  |  bolder 
with  |  pride  II  and  j  over  |  whelmed  with  |  cru- 
elty. 

7  Their  eyes  |  swell  with  |  fatness  II  and  they 
do  |  even  |  what  they  |  lust. 

8  They  corrupt  other,  and  speak  of  |  wicked 
blasphemy  II  their  talking  is  a  |  gainst  the 
Most  -  |  High. 

9  For  they  stretch  forth  their  mouth  un  |  to 
the  |  heaven  II  and  their  tongue  j  goeth  |  thiough 
the  |  world. 

10  Therefore  fall  the  people  |  unto  |  them  II 
and  thereout  suck  they  I  no  -  |  small  ad  |  vantage 

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11  Tush,  say  they,  how  should    |    God  per 
oeive  it   II   is  there   |   knowledge  in    j    the  Most  J 
High  ? 

12  Lo,  these  are  the  ungodly,  these  prosper  in 
the  world,  and  these  have  riches  |  in  pos  |  ses- 
sion II  and  I  said,  Then  have  I  cleansed  my  heart 
in  vain,  and  j  washed  mine  |  hands  in  |  inno- 
cency. 

13  All  the  day  long  have  |  I  been  |  punished  II 
and  |  chastened  |  every  |  morning. 

14  Yea,  and  I  had  almost  said  |  even  as  | 
they  ||  bat  lo,  then  I  should  have  condemned  the 
gener  |  ation  j  of  thy  |  children. 

15  Then  thought  I  to  under  |  stand  -  |  this  |j 
but  it  j  was  too  j  hard  -  |  for  me, 

16  Until  I  went  into  the  sanctu  |  ary  of  |  God  II 
then  understood  I  the  |  end  -  |  of  these  |  men  ; 

17  Namely,  how  thou  dost  set  them  in  |  slip- 
pery |  places  II  and  casteth  them  down,  |  and  de  | 
stroyest  |  them. 

18  0  how  suddenly  do  |  they  con  |  sume  1' 
perish,  and  |  come  to  a  |  fearful  |  end  ! 

19  Yea,  even  like  as  a  dream  when  |  one  a  | 
waketh  II  so  shalt  thou  make  their  image  to  | 
vanish  |  out  of  the  |  city. 

20  Thus  my  |  heart  was  |  grieved  ||  and  it 
went  |  even  |  through  mv  |  reins. 

21  So  foolish  |  was  I,  and  |  ignorant  ||  even  as 
it  |  were  a  |  beast  be  j  fore  thee. 

22  Nevertheless,  I  am  |  alway  by  |  thee  II  for 
thou  hast  holden  me  |  by  my  |  right  -  |  hand. 

23  Thou  shalt  guide  me  |  with  thy  |  counsel  || 
and  after  that  re  |  ceive  -  |  me  with  j  glory. 

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24  Whom  have  I  in  |  heaven  but  |  thee  II  and 
there  is  none  upon  earth  that  I  desire  in  com  | 
pari  |  son  of  j  thee. 

25  My  flesh  and  my  |  heart  -  |  faileth  P  but 
Grod  is  the  strength  of  my  heart,  |  and  my  |  por- 
tion for  I  ever. 

26  For  lo,  they  that  forsake  |  thee  shall  |  per- 
ish ||  thou  hast  destroyed  all  them  that  commit  l 
forni  |  cation  a  |  gainst  thee. 

27  But  it  is  good  for  me  to  hold  me  fast  by  God 
to  put  my  trust  in  the  |  Lord  -  |God  ||  and  to  speak 
of  all  thy  works  in  the  |  gates  of  the  |  daughter 
of  |  Sion. 

I'salm  lxxiv.      lit  quid,  Deus  ? 

OGrOD,   wherefore  art  thou     absent  |  from    us 
so  |  long  II  why  is  thy   wrath   so  hot   against 
the*  I  sheep  -  |  of  thy  |  pasture  ? 

2  0  think  upon  thy  |  congre  |  gation  II  whom 
thou  hast  purchased,  |  and  re  |  deemed  of  |  old. 

3  Think  upon  the  tribe  of  |  thine  in  |  heri- 
tance  ||  and  Mount  Sion,  |  wherein  |  thou  hast  | 
dwelt. 

4  Lift  up  thy  feet,  that  thou  mayest  utterly 
destroy  |  every  |  enemy  ||  which  hath  done  |  evil  | 
in  thy  |  sanctuary. 

5  Thine  adversaries  roar  in  the  midst  of  thy  | 
congre  |  gations  II  and  set  |  up  their  |  banners 
for  |  tokens. 

6  He  that  hewed  timber  afore  out  of  the  |  thick 
-  |  trees  fi  was  known  to  bring  it  |  to  an  |  excel- 
lent |  woik. 

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7  But  now  they  break  down  all  the  carved  | 
work  there  |  of  ||  with  |  axes  |  and  -  J  hammers. 

8  They  have  set  fire  upon  thy  |  holy  |  places  T 
and  have  defiled  the  dwelling-place  of  thy  Name,  | 
even  |  unto  the  |  ground. 

9  Yea,  they  said  in  their  hearts,  Let  us  make 
havoc  of  them  |  alto  |  gether  II  thus  have  they 
burnt  up  all  the  houses  of  |  God  -  |  in  the  |  land. 

10  We  see  not  our  tokens  ;  there  is  not  one  ( 
prophet  |  more  ||  no,  not  one  is  there  among  us. 
that  under  |  standeth  |  any  |  more. 

110  God,  how  long  shall  the  adversary  |  do 
this  dis  |  honour  ||  how  long  shall  the  enemy  bias  | 
pheme  thy  |  Name  ?  for  |  ever  ? 

12  Why  withdrawest  |  thou  thy  |  hand  ||  why 
pluckest  thou  not  thy  right  hand  out  of  thy 
bosom  |  to  con  |  sume  the  |  enemy  ? 

13  For  God  is  my  |  King  of  |  old  ||  the  help 
(hat  is  done  upon  earth,  he  |  doeth  |  it  him  |  self. 

14  Thou  didst  divide  the  sea  |  through  thy  | 
jK»wer  II  thou  breakest  the  heads  of  the  |  dragons  | 
in  the  |  waters. 

15  Thou  smotest  the  heads  of  Leviathan  |  in 
-  |  pieces  II  and  gavest  him  to  be  meat  for  the  | 
people  |  in  the  |    wilderness. 

16  Thou  broughtest  out  fountains  and  waters 
out  of  the  |  hard  -  |  rocks  II  thou  |  driedst  up  j 
mighty  |  waters. 

17  The  day  is  thine,  and  the  |  night  is  |  thine  || 
thou  hast  prepared  the  |  light  -  |  and  the  |  sun. 

18  Thou  hast  set  all  the  borders  |  of  the  |  earth  3 
thou  hast  |  made  -  |  summer  and  |  winter. 

19  Remember  this,  0  Lord,  how  the  enemy  j 

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hath   re  |  buked  II  and  how  the  foolish  people    | 
hath  bias    |  phemed  thy  |  Name. 

20  0  deliver  not  the  soul  of  thy  turtle-dove 
unto  the  multitude  |  of  the  |  enemies  li  and  forget 
not  the  congregation  |  of  the  |  poor  for  |  ever. 

21  Look  up  |  on  the  |  covenant  I!  for  all  the 
earth  is  full  of  darkness,  and  |  cruel  |  habi  |  ta- 
tions. 

22  0  let  not  the  simple  go  a  |  way  a  |  shamed  II 
but  let  the  poor  and  needy  give  |  praise  un  |  to 
thy  |  Name. 

23  Arise,  0  God,  maintain  |  thine  own  | 
cause  II  remember  how  the  foolish  |  man  bias  | 
phemeth  thee  |  daily. 

24  Forget  not  the  voice  |  of  thine  |  enemies  !| 
the  presumption  of  them  that  hate  thee  increas- 
eth  I  ever  I  more  and  I  more. 


£f)e  JFfftrcntf)  23ao. 

MORXIXG  PRAYER. 

Psalm  lxxv.     Confitebhmir  tibi. 

UNTO  thee,  0  (rod,  |  do  we  give  |  thamts  II  yea, 
unto  |  thee  -  |  do  we  give  |  thanks. 

2  Thy  Name  also  j  is  so  |  nigh  II  and   that  do 
thy  |  wondrous  |  works  de  |  clare. 

3  "When  I  receive  the  |  congre  |  gation  H  I  shall 
judge  ac  |  cording  |  unto  |  right. 

4  The  earth  is  weak,  and  all  the  i  lhabiters  | 
there  -  I  of  ||  I  bear  |  up  the  |  pillars  |  of  it. 

5  I  said  unto  the  fools,  Deal  |  not  so  |  madly  I 
and  to  the  ungodly,  |  Set  not  |  up  your  |  horn. 

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6  Set  not  up  your  |  horn  on  |  high  ||  and  | 
speak  not  |  with  a  stiff  |  neck. 

7  For  promotion  cometli  neither  from  the  east, 
nor  |  from  the  |  west  II  nor  |  yet  -  |  from  the  | 
south. 

8  And  why  ?  |  God  is  the  |  Judge  II  he  putteth 
down  one,  and  |  setteth  |  up  an  |  other. 

9  For  in  the  hand  of  the  Lord  there  is  a  cup, 
and  the  |  wine  is  |  red  ||  it  is  full  mixt,  and  he  | 
poureth  |  out  of  the  |  same. 

10  As  for  the  |  dregs  there  |  of  II  all  the  un- 
godly of  the  earth  shall  |  drink  them  and  |  suck 
them  |  out. 

11  But  I  will  talk  of  the  |  God  of  |  Jacob  II 
and  |  praise  -  |  him  for  |  ever. 

12  All  the  horns  of  the  ungodly  also  |  will  I  | 
break  ||  and  the  horns  of  the  |  righteous  shali  | 
be  ex  |  alted. 

Psalm  lxxvi.     Notas  in  Judcea. 

IN   Jewry  is  |  God  -  |  known  II  his  |  Name  is  { 
great  in  [  Israel. 

2  At  Salem  |  is  his  |  tabernacle  ||  and  his  | 
dwell  -  |  ing  in  j  Sion. 

3  There  brake  he  the  arrows  |  of  the  |  bow  11 
the  shield,  the  |  sword,  -  |  and  the  |  battle. 

4  Thou  art  of  more  |  honour  and  |  might  II 
than  the  |  hills  -  |  of  the  |  robbers. 

5  'ihe  proud  are  robbed,  they  have  |  slept 
their  |  sleep  II  and  all  the  men  whose  hands 
were  |  mighty  |  have  found  |  nothing. 

6  At  thy  rebuke,  0  |  God  of  |  Jacob  II  both 
the  |  chariot  and  |  horse  are  |  fallen. 

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7  Thou,  even  thou  art  |  to  be  |  feared  II  and 
who  may  stand  in  thy  |  sight  when  |  thou  art  i 
angry  ? 

8  Thou  didst  cause  thy  judgment  to  be  |  heard 
from  |  heaven  II  the  earth  |  trembled,  |  and  was  | 
still, 

9  "When  God  a  |  rose  to  |  judgment  ||  and  to 
help  |  all  the  |  meek  upon  |  earth. 

10  The  fievcenes's  of  man  shall  turn  |  to  thy  | 
praise  II  and  the  fierceness  of  them  j  shalt  -  |  thou 
re  |  frain. 

1J  Promise  unto  the  Lord  your  God,  and 
keep  it,  all  ye  that  are  |  round  a  |  bout  him  li 
bring  presents  unto  him  that  |  ought  -  |  to  be  | 
feared. 

12  He  shall  refrain  the  |  spirit  of  |  princes  1 
and  is  wonderful  among  the  j  kings  -  |  of  the  | 
earth. 

Psalm  Ixxvii.      Voce  mea  ad  Dominion. 

IW^ILL  cry  unto  God  |  with  my  |  voice  II  even 
unto   God   will  I  cry    with  my   voice,  and  he 
shall  |  hearken  |  unto  |  me. 

2  In  the  time  of  my  trouble  I  |  sought  the  | 
Lord  II  my  sore  ran,  and  eeased  not  in  the  night- 
season  ;  my  |  soul  re  |  fused  |  comfort. 

3  When  I  am  in  heaviness,  I  will  |  think 
upon  |  God  II  when  my  heart  is  I  vexed,  I  [  will 
com  |  plain. 

4  Thou  holdest  mine  |  eyes  -  |  waking  II  I  am 
so  feeble  |  that  1  |  cannot  |  speak. 

5  I  have  considered  the  |  days  of  |  old  li  and 
the  |  years  -  I  that  are  |  past. 

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6  1  call  to  re  |  membranes  my  j  song  it  and  in 

the  night  I  commune  with  mine  own  heart,  and  | 
search  -  |  out  my  |  spirit. 

7  Will  the  Lord  absent  him  |  self  for  |  ever  ft 
and  will  he  be  |  no  -  |  more  in  |  treated  ? 

8  Is  his  mercy  clean  |  gone  lor  |  ever  II  and  is 
his  promise  come  utterly  to  an  |  end  for  |  ever  j 
more  ? 

9  Hath  God  forgotten  |  to  be  j  gracious  ||  and 
will  he  shut  up  his  loving  |  kindness  |  in  dis  | 
pleasure  ? 

10  And  I  said,  It  is  mine  |  own  in  |  firmity  II 
but  I  will  remember  the  years  of  the  right  hand  | 
of  the  |  Most  -  |  Highest. 

11  1  will  remember  the  wrorks  |  of  the  |  Lord  || 
and  call  to  mind  thy  |  wonders  |  of  old  |  time. 

12  I  will  think  also  of  |  all  thy  |  works  ||  and 
my  talking  |  shall  be  |  of  thy  \  doings. 

13  Thy  way,  0  |  G-od,  is  |  holy  II  who  is  so 
great  a  |  God  as  |  our  -  |  God  ? 

14  Thou  art  the  God  that  J  doest  |  wonders  II 
and  hast  declared  thy  |  power  a  |  mong  the  | 
people. 

15  Thou  hast  mightily  de  |  livered  thy  |  peo- 
ple II  even  the  |  sons  of  |  Jacob  and  |  Joseph. 

16  The  waters  saw  thee,  0  God,  the  waters 
saw  thee,  and  |  were  a  |  fraid  II  the  |  depths  -  | 
also  were  |  troubled. 

17  The  clouds  poured  out  water,  the  |  air  -  | 
thundered  ||  and  thine  |  arrows  |  went  a  |  broad. 

18  The  voice  of  thy  thunder  was  heard  j  round 
a  I  bout  II  the  lightnings  shone  upon  the  ground  ; 
the  earth  was  |  moved,  and  |  shook  with  |  al. 

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19  Thy  way  is  in  the  sea,  and  thy  paths  in 
the  |  great  -  |  waters  ||  and  thy  |  footsteps  |  are 
not  j  known. 

20  Thou  leddest  thy  |  people  like  |  sheep  II  by 
the  |  hand  of  |  Moses  and  |  Aaron. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  lxxviii.     Attendite,  popule. 

HEAR  my  law,  |  0  my  |  people   II   incline  your 
ears  unto  the  |  words  -  |  of  my  |  month. 

2  I  will  open  my  mouth  |  in  a  |  parable  II  I  will 
de  |  elare  hard  |  sentences  of  |  old  ; 

3  Which  we  have  |  heard  and  |  known  II  and 
such  as  our  |  fa  -  |  thers  have  |  told  us  ; 

4  That  we  should  not  hide  them  from  the  chil- 
dren of  the  gener  |  ations  to  |  come  II  but  to  show 
the  honour  of  the  Lord,  his  mighty  and  wonder- 
ful |  works  that  |  he  hath  |  done. 

5  He  made  a  covenant  with  Jacob,  and  gave  I 
Israel  a  |  law  li  which  he  commanded  our  fore  | 
fathers  to  |  teach  their  |  children; 

6  That  their  posterity  |  might  know  |  it  II  and 
the  children  |  which  were  |  yet  un  |  born  ; 

7  To  the  intent  that  when  |  they  came  j  up  It 
they  might  show  |  their  -  |  children  the  |  same  ; 

8  That  they  might  put  their  |  trust'in  |  God  II 
and  not  to  forget  the  works  of  God,  but  to  |  keep  -  | 
his  com  j  mandments; 

9  And  not  to  be  as  their  forefathers,  a  faithless 
and  stubborn  |  gener  |  ation  I!  a  generation  that 
set  not  their  heart  aright,  and  whose  spirit  cleav- 
*th  not  |  steadfastly  |  unto  |  God  ; 

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10  Like  as  the  |  children  of  |  Ephraim  II  wha 
being  harnessed,  and  carrying  bows,  turned  them- 
selves  back  |  in  the  |  day  of  |  battle. 

11  They  kept  not  the  |  covenant  of  |  God  II 
and  |  would  not  |  walk  in  his  |  Law ; 

12  But  forgat  what  |  he  had  |  done  ||  and  the 
wonderful  works  that  |  he  had  |  showed  |  for 
them. 

13  Marvellous  things  did  he  in  the  sight  of  our 
forefathers,  in  the  |  land  of  |  Egypt  II  even  |  in 
the  |  field  of  |  Zoan. 

14  He  divided  the  sea,  and  |  let  them  go  | 
through  ||  he  made  the  waters  to  |  stand  -  |  on 
an  |  heap. 

15  In  the  day-time  also  he  led  them  j  with  a  | 
cloud  II  and  all  the  night  through  |  with  a  |  light 
of  |  fire. 

16  He  clave  the  hard  rocks  |  in  the  |  wilder- 
ness II  and  gave  them  drink  thereof,  as  it  had 
been  |  out  of  |  the  great  I  depth. 

17  He  brought  waters  out  of  the  |  stony  | 
rock  II  so  that  it  |  gushed  out  |  like  the  |  rivers. 

18  Yet  for  all  this  they  sinned  |  more  a  |  gainst 
him  |j  and  provoked  the  |  Most  Highest  |  in  the  | 
wilderness. 

19  They  tempted  God  [  in  their  |  hearts  II  and 
required  |  meat  -  |  for  their  |  lust. 

20  They  spake  against  Grod  |  also,  |  saying  li 
Shall  God  prepare  a  |  table  |  in  the  |  wilderness  ? 

21  He  smote  the  stony  rock  indeed,  that  the 
Water  gushed  out,  and  the  streams  |  flowed  with  | 
al  P,  but  can  he  give  bread  also,  or  provide  |  ilesh  -  | 
for  his  |  people  ? 


Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  16 


22  When    the     Lord  heard   this,   |    he    was 
wroth   II   so  the  fire  was   kindled  in   Jacob,   ant 
there  came  up  heavy  dis  |  pleasure  a  |  gainst 
Israel  ; 

23  Because  they  believed  |  not  in  |  God  li  and 
put  |  not  their  |  trust  in  his  |  help. 

24  So  he  commanded  the  |  clouds  a  |  bove  II 
and  |  opened  the  |  doors  of  |  heaven. 

25  He  rained  down  manna  also  upon  them  | 
for  to  |  eat  II  and  |  gave  them  |  food  from  | 
heaven. 

26  So  man  did  eat  |  angels'  j  food  II  for  he  | 
sent  them  |  meat  e  |  nough. 

27  He  caused  the  east  wind  to  blow  |  under  | 
ieaven  II  and  through   his  power  he  brought  |  in 

f.he  |  south-west  |  wind. 

28  He  rained  tiesh  upon  them  as  |  thick  as  | 
dust  II  and  feathered  fowls  |  like  as  the  (  sand  of 
the  |  sea. 

29  He  let  it  fall  a  |  mong  their  |  tents  II  even 
round  a  |  bout  their  |  habi  |  tation. 

30  So  they  did  eat,  and  were  well  filled  ;  for 
he  gave  them  their  |  own  de  |  sire  II  they  were 
not  disap  |  pointed  |  of  their  |  lust. 

31  But  while  the  meat  was  yet  in  their  mouths, 
the  heavy  wrath  of  Grod  came  upon  them,  and 
slew  the  |  wealthiest  |  of  them  ||  yea,  and  smote 
down  the  chosen  |  men  that  |  were  in  j  Israel. 

32  But  for  all  this  they  |  sinned  yet  |  more  fl 
and  believed  |  not  his  |  wondrous  |  works. 

33  Therefore  their  days  did  he  con  |  sume  in  | 
vanity  II  and  their  |  years  -  |  in  -  |  trouble 

34  When  he  slew  them,  they  |  sought  -  I  him  I 

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and  turned  them  early,  and  in  !  quired  |  after  | 
God. 

35  And  they  remembered  that  God  |  was  their  | 
strength  II  and  that  the  high  |  God  was  |  their  re  ! 
dee  me  r. 

36  Nevertheless,  they  did  but  flatter  him  | 
with  their  I  mouth  II  ana  dissembled  j  with  him  | 
in  their  |  tongue. 

37  For  their  heart  was  not  |  whole  with  |  him  |] 
neither  continued  they  |  steadfast  |  in  his  |  cove- 
nant. 

38  But  he  was  so  merciful,  that  he  forgave 
their  mis  |  deeds  II  and  de  |  stroyed  |  them  - 
not. 

39  Yea,  many  a  time  turned  he  his  |  wrath 
a  |  way  ||  and  would  not  suffer  his  whole  dis  | 
pleasure  |  to  a  |  rise. 

40  For  he  considered  that  they  |  were  but  | 
flesh  ||  and  that  they  were  even  a  wind  thai 
passeth  away,  and  |  cometh  |  not  a  |  gain. 

41  Many  a  time  did  they  provoke  him  |  in  the  j 
wilderness  ||  and  |  grieved  him  |  in  the  |  desert. 

42  They  turned  back,  and  |  tempted  |  God  II 
and  moved  the  |  Holy  |  One  in  |  Israel. 

43  They  thought  not  |  of  his  |  hand  II  and  of 
the  day  when  he  delivered  them  from  the  | 
hand  -  |  of  the  |  enemy  ; 

44  How  he  had  wrought  his  miracles  |  in  -  | 
Egypt  II  and  his  wonders  |  in  the  |  field  of  |  Zoan 

45  He  turned  their  waters  I  into  |  blood  ||  so 
that  they  might  not  |  drink  -  |  of  the  |  rivers. 

46  He  sent  lice  among  them,  and  de  j  voured 
them  I  up  ||  and  |  frogs  -  |  to  de  |  stroy  them. 

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47  He  gave  their  fruit  uti  |  to  the  |  caterpil- 
lar ll  and  their  |  labour  un  |  to  the  |  grasshopper. 

48  He  destroyed  their  |  vines  with  |  hail- 
stones ||  and  their  |  mulberry  |  trees  with  the  | 
frost. 

49  He  smote  their  cattle  |  also  with  |  hail- 
stones II  and  their  |  flocks  -  |  with  hot  |  thunder- 
bolts. 

50  He  cast  upon  them  the  furiousness  of  his 
wrath,  anger,  dis  j  pleasure,  and  |  trouble  II  and 
sent  |  evil  |  angels  a  |  mong  them. 

51  He  made  a  way  to  his  indignation,  and 
spared  not  their  |  soul  from  |  death  II  but  gave 
their  life  |  over  |  to  the  |  pestilence. 

52  And  smote  all  the  |  first-born  in  |  Egypt  11 
the  mo^t  principal  and  mightiest  |  in  the  |  dwell- 
ings of  |  Ham. 

53  But  as  for  his  own  people  he  led  them  | 
forth  like  |  sheep  ||  and  carried  them  in  the  J  wil- 
derness |  like  a  |  flock. 

54  He  brought  them  out  safely,  that  they  | 
should  not  ]  fear  ||  and  overwhelmed  their  |  ene- 
mies |  with  the  |  sea. 

55  And  brought  them  within  the  borders  |  of 
his  |  sanctuary  II  even  to  his  mountain,  which  he 
purchased  j  with  his  |  right  -  |  hand. 

56  He  cast  out  the  heathen  |  also  be  |  fore 
them  ||  caused  their  land  to  be  divided  among 
them  for  an  heritnge,  and  made  the  tribes  of 
Israel  to  |  dwell  -  |  in  their  |  tents. 

51  So  ihey  tempted,  and  displeased  the  most  | 
hi^h  -  |  God  ||  and  kept  |  not  his  |  testi  |  monies. 
58  But  turned  their  backs,  and  fell  away  |  like 
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their   ]   forefathers    II   starling  a    |    side   like   a  j 
broken  j  bow. 

59  For  they  grieved  him  with  |  their  hill  I 
altars  li  and  provoked  him  to  dis  |  pleasure  |  with 
their  |  images. 

60  When  G-od  heard  this,  |  he  was  |  wroth  .1 
and  took  |  sore  dis  |  pleasure  at  |  Israel  ; 

01  ^'o  that  he  forsook  the  tebernacle  |  in  -  | 
Silo  II  even  the  tent  that  he  had  |  pitched  a  | 
mong  -  |  men. 

()2  He  delivered  their  power  in  |  to  cap  |  tiv- 
ity  II  and  their  beauty  in  |  to  the  |  enemy's  |  hand. 

6-3  He  gave  his  people  over  also  un  |  to  the  | 
sword  i,  and  was  |  wroth  with  |  his  in  |  herifance. 

64  The   tire  consumed  |  their  young   |    men    ll 
and    their     maidens  |  were   not 
riage. 

Go  Their  priests  were  slain  |  with  the  !  sword  II 
and  there  were  no  widows  to  |  make  -  |  lamen  | 
tation. 

GG  b'o  the  Lord  awaked  as  |  one  out  of  |  sleep  II 
and  like  a  j  giant  re  |  freshed  with  |  wine. 

67  He  smote  his  enemies  in  the  hinder  j  parts  I! 
and  put  them  j  to  a  per  |  petual  |  shame. 

65  He  refused  the  tabernacle  |  of  -  |  Joseph  || 
and  chose  |  not  the  j  tribe  of  j  Ephraim  ; 

69  But  chose  the  j  tribe  of  |  Judah  il  even  the 
hill  of  |  ,^'ion  |  which  he     loved. 

70  And  there  he  buiit  his  |  temple  on  |  high  jj 
and  laid  the  foundation  of  it  like  the  ground 
which  |  he  hath  |  made  con  \  tinualjy. 

IX  He  (hose   David    |   also  his  |  servant  II  and 
took  him  a     way  -  j  from  the  |  sheep-folds. 
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72  As  he  was  following  the  ewes  great  with 
young  ones  |  he  -  |  took  him  II  that  he  might  feed 
Jacob  his  people,  and  |  Israel  |  his  in  |  heritance 

73  ^o  he  fed  them  with  a  faithful  and  |  true  -  | 
heart  II  and  ruled  them  prudently  |  with  -  |  all  his  j 
power. 


£&c  Sfpteentl)  13np. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  lxxix.     Dens,  venerunt. 

OGOD,  the  heathen  are  come  into  |  thine  in  | 
heritance  ||  thy  holy  temple  have  they  defiled, 
and  made  Je  |  rusalem  an  |  heap  of  |  stones. 

2  The  dead  bodies  of  thy  servants  have  they 
given  to  be  meat  unto  the  fowls  |  of  the  |  air  ||  and 
the  flesh  of  thy  saints  unto  the  |  beasts  -  |  of  the  | 
land. 

3  Their  blood  have  they  shed  like  water  on 
every  side  |  of  Je  |  rusalem  ||  and  there  was  |  no 
man  to  |  bury  |  them. 

4  AYe  are  become  an  open  shame  |  to  our  | 
enemies  I!  a  very  scorn  and  derision  unto  them  | 
that  are  |  round  a  |  bout  |  us. 

o  Lord,  how  long  wilt  |  thou  be  |  angry  ||  shall 
thy  jealousy  |  burn  like  j  fire  for  |  ever  I 

6  Pour  out  thine  indignation  upon  the  heathen 
that  |  have  not  |  known  thee  II  and  upon  the 
kingdoms  that  have  not  |  called  up  \  on  thy  | 
Name. 

7  For  they  have  de  |  voured  |  Jacob  |{  and 
laid  |  waste  his  |  dwelling  |  place. 

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8  0  remember  not  our  old  sins,  but  have  mercy 
upon  us,  and  |  that  -  |  soon  II  for  we  are  |  come 
to  |  great  -  |  misery. 

9  Help  us,  0  Ixod  of  our  salvation,  for  the 
glory  |  of  thy  |  Name  II  0  deliver  us,  and  be  mer- 
ciful unto  our  sins,  |  for  thy  |  Name's  -  |  sake. 

10  AVherefore  do  the  |  heathen  |  say  II  Where  | 
-  is  |  now  their  |  God  ? 

11  0  let  the  vengeance  of  thy  servants'  |  blood 
that  is  |  shed  II  be  openly  showed  upon  the  I 
heathen,  |  in  our  |  sight. 

12  0  let  the  sorrowful  sighing  of  the  prisoners  | 
come  be  |  fore  thee  II  according  to  the  greatness 
of  thy  power,  preserve  thou  those  that  |  are  ap  | 
pointed  to  |  die. 

13  And  for  the  blasphemy  wherewith  our 
neighbours  have  bias  |  phemed  (  thee  II  reward 
thou  them,  0  Lord,  |  seven- fold  |  into  their  j 
bosom. 

14  So  we,  that  are  thy  people,  and  sheep  of  thy 
pasture,  shall  give  thee  |  thanks  for  |  ever  II  and 
will  alway  be  showing  forth  thy  praise  from 
gener  |  ation  to  |  gener  |  ation. 

Psalm  lxxx.      Qui  regis  Israel. 

HEAR,  0  thou  Shepherd  of  Israel,  thou  that 
leadest  Joseph  |  like  a  |  sheep  ||  show  thy- 
self also,  thou  that  sittest  up  |  on  the  |  Cheru  | 
bim. 

2  Before  Ephraim,  Benjamin,  |  and  Ma  | 
nasses  ||  stir  up  thy  |  strength,  and  |  come,  and  | 
help  us. 

3  Turn  us  again,  |  0  -  |  (xod  ||  show  the  light 
of  thy  countenance,  |  and  we  |  shall  be  |  whole. 

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4  0  Lord  |  (iod  of  |  hosts  ||  bow  long  wilt  thou 
be  angry  |  with  thy  |  people  thai  |  prayeth  ? 

5  Thou  feedest  them  with  the  |  bread  of  | 
tears  II  and  givest  them  plenteousness  |  of  -  j 
tears  to  |  drink. 

6  Thou  hast  made  us  a  very  strife  un  |  to  our 
neighbours  ||  and  our  enemies  |  laugh  -  |  us  to 
scorn. 

7  Turn  us  again,  thou  |  Grod  of  |  hosts  !!  show 
the  light  of  thy  countenance,  |  and  we  |  shall  be  | 
whole. 

8  Thou  hast  brought  a  vine  |  out  of  |  Egypt  || 
thou  hast  east  out  the  |  heathen,  and  |  planted  j 
it. 

9  Thou  madest  |  room  -  |  for  it  II  and  when  it 
had  taken  |  root,  it  |  filled  the  |  land. 

10  The  hills  were  covered  with  fh.e  |  shadow  | 
of  it  II  andthe  boughs  thereof  were  like  the  |  goodly  | 
cedar  |  trees. 

11  ^he  stretched  out  her  branches  un  |  to  the  | 
sea  ||  and  her  |  boughs  un  |  to  the  |  river. 

12  Why  hast  thou  then  broken  |  down  her  | 
hedge  I!  that  all  they  that  go  |  by  pluck  |  off  her  j 
grapes  ? 

13  The  wild  boar  out  of  the  wood  doth  |  root  it  | 
up  II  and  the  wild  beasts  |  of  the  |  field  de  |  vour 
it. 

14  Turn  thee  again,  thou  Godof  hosts,  look  l 
down  from  |  heaven  II  be  |  hold,  and  |  visit  this  | 
vine  : 

15  And  the  place  of  the  vineyard  that  thy 
right  |  hand  hath  |  planted  II  and  the  branch  that 
thou  madest  so  |  strong  -  |  for  thy  |  self. 

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16  It  is  burnt  with  fire,  |  and  cut  |  down  ||  and 
they  shall  perish  at  the  re  |  buke  -  |  of  thy  | 
countenance. 

17  Let  thy  hand  be  upon  the  man  of  |  thy 
right  |  hand  li  and  upon  the  son  of  man,  whom 
thou  madest  so  |  strong  for  |  thine  own  |  self. 

18  And  so  will  not  we  go  |  back  from  |  thee  H 
0  let  us  live,  and  we  shall  |  call  up  |  on  thy  | 
Name. 

19  Turn  us  again,  0  Lord  |  Grod  of  |  hosts  II 
show  the  light  of  thy  countenance,  |  and  -  |  we 
shall  be  |  whole. 

Psalm  lxxxi.     Exultatc  Deo. 

SING-  we   merrily   unto  |  Grod    our  |  strength   || 
make  a  cheerful  noise   un  |  to  the  |  God  of  j 
Jacob. 

2  Take  the  psalm,  bring  |  hither  the  |  tabrofc  I1 
the  merry  |  harp  -  |  with  the  j  lute. 

3  Blow  up  the  trumpet  in  the  |  new  -  |  moon  IJ 
even  in  the  time  appointed,  and  up  |  on  our  |  sol- 
emn |  feast-day. 

4  For  this  was  ma  do  a  j  statute  for  j  Israel  || 
and  a  |  law  of  the  |  God  of  |  Jacob. 

5  This  he  ordained  in  Joseph  j  for  a  |  testi- 
mony ||  when  he  came  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
and  had  |  heard  a  |  strange  -  |  language. 

6  I  eased  his  shoulder  |  from  the  j  burden  II 
and  his  hands  were  delivered  j  from  -  |  making 
the  j  pots. 

7  Thou  calledst  upon  me  in  troubles,  and  1 
de  |  livered  j  thee  ||  and  heard  thee  what  time  as 
the  |  storm  -  j  fell  up  |  on  thee. 

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8  I  |  proved  thee  |  also  II  at  the  |  wa  -  |  ters 
of  |  strife. 

9  Hear,  0  my  people;  and  I  will  assure  |  thee, 
0  |  Israel  II   if  thou  wilt  |  hearken  |  unto  |  me, 

10  There  shall  no  strange  god  |  be  in  |  thee  li 
neither  shall  thou  worship  |  any  |  other  |  god. 

11  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  who  brought  thee 
out  of  the  |  land  of  |  Egypt  II  open  thy  mouth  | 
wide,  and  |  I  shall  |  fill  it. 

12  But  my  people  would  not  |  hear  my  |  voice  II 
and  Israel  |  would  -  |  not  o  |  bey  me  : 

13  Sol  gave  them  up  unto  their  |  own  hearts'  | 
k'sts  |i  and  let  them  follow  their  |  own  im  |  agin  j 
ations. 

14  Oh  that  my  people  would  have  hearkened  | 
unto  |  me  I!  for  if  Israel  had  |  walked  |  in  my  j 
ways, 

15  I  should  soon  have  put  |  down  their  |  ene- 
mies ii  and  turned  my  hand  a  |  gainst  their  |  ad- 
ver  |  saries. 

16  The  haters  of  the  Lord  should  have  been  j 
found  -  |  liars  ||  but  their  time  should  |  have  en  ( 
dured  for  |  ever. 

17  He  should  have  fed  them  also  with  the  J 
finest  wheat  |  flour  II  and  with  honey  out  of  the 
stony  rock  should  |  I  have  |  satis  |  fied  thee. 


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EVENING  PRAYER. 
P<alm  lxxxii.     Deus  steti.. 

OD  standeth  in  the  congre  |  gation  of  |  princes  it 
he  is  a  |  Judge  a  |  mong  -  |  gods. 

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2  How  long  will  ye  give  |  wrong  -  |  judgment  0 
and  accept  the  |  persons  of  j  the  un  |  godly? 

3  Defend  the  |  poor  and  |  fatherless  II  see  that 
such  as  are  in  need  |  and  ne  |  cessity  have  |  right. 

4  Deliver  the  |  out-cast  and  |  poor  ||  save  them 
from  the  |  hand  of  |  the  un  j  godly. 

5  They  will  not  be  learned,  nor  understand, 
but  walk  on  |  still  in  |  darkness  I!  all  the  founda- 
tions of  the  |  earth  are  |  out  of  |  course. 

6  I  have  said,  |  Ye  are  |  gods  II  and  ye  are  all 
the  children  |  of  the  |  Most  -  |  Highest.' 

7  But  ye  shall  |  die  like  |  men  II  and  |  fall  like  | 
one  of  the  |  princes. 

8  Arise,  0  (rod,  and  judge  |  thou  the  |  earth  |] 
for  thou  shalt  take  all  |  heathen  to  |  thine  in  | 
heritance. 

Psalm  lxxxiii.     Deus,  qu>'s  similis  ? 

HOLD  not  thy  tongue,  0  God,  keep  |  not  still  | 
sil  nee  II  refrain  |  not  thy  |  self,  0  |  God. 

2  For  lo,  thine  enemies  |  make  a  |  murmuring  fi 
and  they  \hit  hate  thee  have  |  lift  -  |  up  their  | 
head. 

3  They  have  imagined  craftily  a  |  gainst  thy  | 
people  II  and  taken  counsel  a  |  gainst  thy  |  se- 
cret I  ones. 

4  They  have  said,  Come,  and  let  us  root  them 
out,  that  they  be  no  |  more  a  |  people  II  and  that 
the  name  of  Israel  may  be  |  no  more  j  in  re  | 
membra  nee. 

5  For  they  have  cast  their  heads  together 
with  |  one  con  |  sent  II  and  are  con  |  federate  a  | 
gainst  -  |  thee  ; 

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6  The  tabernacles  of  the  Edomites,  j  and  the  | 
Ishmaelites  II  the  Moabites,  |  and-  j  Haga  |  renes; 

7  Grebal,  and  |  Ammon,  and  I  Amalek  II  the 
Philistines,  with  |  them  that  |  dwell  at  |  Tyre. 

8  Assur  also  is  |  joined  with  j  them  il  and 
have  |  holpen  the  |  children  of  |  Lot. 

9  But  do  thou  to  them  as  un  |  to  the  |  Midian- 
ites  II  unto  Sisera,  and  unto  Jabin  |  at  the  |  brook 
of  |  Kison  ; 

10  Who  |  perished  at  |  En  dor  II  and  became  | 
as  the  dung  |  of  the  |  earth. 

11  Make  them  and  their  princes  like  |  Oreb 
and  |  Zeb  II  yea,  make  all  their  princes  like  as  i 
Zeba  |  and  Sal  |  mana  ; 

12  Who  say,  Let  us  take  |  to  our  |  selves  II  the 
houses  of  |  (rod  -  |  in  pos  |  session. 

13  0  my  God,  make  them  like  un  |  to  a  | 
wheel  II  and  as  the  |  stubble  be  |  fore  the  |  wind  ; 

14  Like  as  the  fire  that  burneth  |  up  the  i 
wood  li  and  as  the  flame  |  that  con  |  sumeth  the  j 
mountains. 

15  Persecute  them  even  so  |  with  thy  |  tem- 
pest II  and  make  them  a  |  fraid  -  |  with  thy  | 
storm. 

16  Make  their  faces  ashamed,  |  0  -  |  Lord  !i 
that  |  they  may  |  seek  thy  |  Name. 

17  Let  them  be  confounded  and  vexed  ever  | 
more  and  |  more  ll  let  them  be  |  put  to  |  shame, 
and  |  perish. 

18  And  they  shall  know  that  thou,  whose 
Name  is  Je  |  ho  -  j  vah  II  art  inly  the  Most 
Highest  |  over  |  all  the  j  earth. 

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Psalm  lxxxiv.     Quam  dilecta. 

OHOW  amiable  |  are  thy  |  dwellings  II  thou  | 
Lord  -  |  -  of  |  hosts ! 

2  My  soul  hath  a  desire  and  longing  to  enter 
into  the  |  courts  of  the  |  Lord  II  my  heart  and  my 
flesh  re  |  joice  in  the  |  living  |  God. 

3  Yea,  the  sparrow  hath  found  her  an  house, 
and  the  swallow  a  nest,  where  she  may  |  lay 
her  |  young  II  even  thy  altars,  0  Lord  of  hosts, 
my  j  King  -  |  and  my  |  (rod. 

4  Blessed  are  they  that  |  dwell  in  thy  |  house  II 
they  will  be  |  alway  |  praising  |  thee. 

5  Blessed  is  the  man  whose  strength  |  is  in  | 
thee  II  in  whose  |  heart  -  ]  are  thy  |  ways. 

C  Who  ffoing  through  the  vale  of  misery  use 
it  |  for  a  |  well  II  and  the  |  pools  are  |  filled  with  j 
water. 

7  They  will  go  from  |  strength  to  |  strength  B 
and  unto  the  God  of  gods  appeareth  every  |  one 
of  |  them  in  |  Sion. 

8  0  Lord  God  of  hosts,  |  hear  my  |  prayer  II 
hearken,  |  0  -  |  God  of  |  Jacob. 

9  Behold,  0  God  |  our  de  |  fender  II  and  look 
upon  the  |  face  of  |  thine  A  |  nointed. 

10  For  one  day  in  |  thy  -  |  courts  I!  is  |  better  | 
than  a  |  thousand. 

Ill  had  rather  be  a  door-keeper  in  the  house  | 
of  my  |  God  II  than  to  dwell  in  the  |  tents  -  |  of 
un  |  godliness. 

12  For  the  Lord  God  is  a  light  and  defence  ; 
the  Lord  will  give  |  grace  and  |  worship  II  and  no 
good  thing  shall  he  withhold  from  them  that  |  live 
a  |  godly  |  life. 

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L3  0  Lord  |  God  of  |  hosts  II  blessed  is  the  man 
that  |  putteth  his  |  trust  in  j  thee. 

Psalm  lxxxv.     Benedixhti,  Domine, 

LORD,  thou   art   become  gracious  un  |  to  thy  j 
land  ||  thou  hast  turned  away  the  cap  |  tivi  | 
ty  of  |  Jacob. 

2  Thou  hast  forgiven  the  offence  |  of  thy  j  peo- 
ple ||  and  j  covered  |  all  their  |  sins. 

3  Thou  hast  taken  away  all  |  thy  dis  |  plea- 
sure II  and  turned  thyself  from  thy  ]  wrathful  |  in- 
dig  |  nation. 

4  Turn  us  then,  0  |  God  our  |  Saviour  H  and 
let  thine  |  anger  |  cease  from  |  us. 

5  Wilt  thou  be  displeased  at  |  us  for  |  ever  II 
and  wilt  thou  stretch  out  thy  wrath  from  one 
gener  I  ation  |  to  an  |  other  ?  * 

6  Wilt  thou  not  turn  a  |  gain,  and  |  quicken 
us  ||  that  thy  people  |  may  re  |  joice  in  |  thee  ? 

7  Show  us  thy  |  mercy,  O  |  Lord  II  and  | 
gra_.  as  |  thy  sal  |  vation. 

8  I  will  hearken  what  the  Lord  God  will  say 
con  |  cerning  |  me  II  for  he  shall  speak  peace  unto 
his  people,  and  to  his  saints,  |  that  they  |  turn 
not  |  again. 

9  For  his  salvation  is  nigh  |  them  that  |  fear 
him  ||  that  glory  may  |  dwell  -  |  in  our  |  land. 

10  Mercy  and  truth  are  |  met  to  |  gether  1 
righteousness  and  |  peace  have  |  kissed  each  | 
other. 

11  Truth  shall  flourish  oat  |  of  the  |  earth  I! 
and  righteousnesss  hath  |  looked  |  down  from  I 
heaven. 

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12  Yea,  the  Lord  shall  show  j  loving  |  kind- 
ness ||  and  our  j  land  shall  |  give  her  |  increase. 

13  Righteousness  shall  |  go  be  |  fore  him  !!  and 
he  shall  direct  his  |  going  |  in  the  |  way. 


2T|)e  Scbeiite:ntf)  lBa$. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  lxxxvi.     Incline/,,  Domine. 

BOW  down  thine  ear,  0  |  Lord,  and  |  hear  me  !l 
for  I  am  |  poor,  -  |  and  in  |  misery. 

2  Preserve  thou  my  soul,  for  |  I  am  |  holy  11 
ray  God,  save  thy  servant  that  |  putteth  his  | 
trust  in  |  thee. 

3  Be  merciful  unto,  me  |  0  -  |  Lord  ||  for  I 
will  |  call  -  |  daily  up  |  on  thee. 

4  Comfort  the  soul  |  of  thy  |  servant  [|  for  unto 
thee,  0  Lord,  |  do  1  lift  |  up  my  |  soul. 

5  For  thou,  Lord,  art  |  good  and  |  gracious  || 
and  of  great  mercy  unto  all  |  them  that  |  call  up  j 
on  thee. 

6  Give  ear,  Lord,  un  |  to  my  |  prayer  ||  and 
ponder  the  voice  |  of  my  |  humble  de  |  sires. 

7  In  the  time  of  my  trouble  I  will  |  call  up  I 
on  thee   II  for  |  thou  -  |  hcarest  |  me. 

8  Among  the  gods  (here  is  none  like  unto  | 
thee,  0  |  Lord  II  there  is  not  one  that  can  |  do 
as  |  thou  -  |  doest. 

9  All  nations  whom  thou  hast  made  shall  come 
and  worship  |  thee,  0  |  Lord  II  and  shall  |  glori  | 
fy  thy  |  Name. 

10  For  thou  art  great,  and  doest  |  wondrous  ] 
filings  ||  thou  |  -  art  |  God  a  |  lone. 

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11  Teach  me  thy  way,  0  Lord,  and  I  will 
walk  |  in  thy  |  truth  II  0  knit  my  heart  unto 
thee,  that  |  I  may  |  fear  thy  |  Name. 

12  I  will  thank  thee,  0  Lord  my  God,  with  | 
all  my  |  heart  II  and  will  prai.se  thy  |  Name  for  j 
ever  |  more. 

13  For  great  is  thy  |  mercy  to  |  ward  me  II  and 
thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  |  from  the  |  nether- 
most |  hell. 

14  0  God,  the  proud  are  |  risen  a  |  gainst  me  H 
and  the  congregations  of  naughty  men  have 
sought  after  my  soul,  and  have  not  set  |  thee  be  | 
fore  their  |  eyes. 

15  But  thou,  0  Lord  God,  art  full  of  com  | 
passion  and  |  mercy  II  long-suffering,  plenteous 
in  |  good  -  |  ness  and  |  truth. 

16  0  turn  thee  then  unto  me,  and  have  |  mer- 
cy up  |  on  me  II  give  thy  strength  unto  thy  ser- 
vant, and  help  the  j  son  -  |  of  thine  |  hand-maid. 

1?  Show  some  token  upon  me  for  good  ;  that 
they  who  hate  me  may  see  it,  and  |  be  a  j  shamed  l| 
because  thou,  Lord,  hast  hoi  pen  me,  |  and  -  | 
comforted  |  me. 

Psalm  Ixxxvii.     Fundamenta  ejus. 

HER   foundations    are    upon   the  |  holy  |  hills   II 
the  Lord  loveth  the  gates  of  Sion  more  than  I 
all  the  |  dwellings  of  |  Jacob. 

2  Very  excellent  things  are  |  spoken  of  |  thee  |] 
thou  |  cit  -  |  y  of  |  God. 

3  1  will  think  upon  Rahab  |  and  -  |  Babylon  || 
with  |  them  that  |  know  -  |  me 

4  Behold  ye  the  |  Phil  |  istines  |  also  II  and  they 

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of  Tyre,  with  the  Morians;  lo,  |  there  -  |  was  he  | 
born. 

5  An  J,  of  Sion  it  shall  be  reported  that  he  was  | 
born  in  |  her  ||  and  the  Most  |  High  shall  |  stab- 
lish  |  her. 

6  The  Lord  shall  rehearse  it,  when  he  writeth  i. 
up  the  |  people  i!  that  |  he  was  |  horn  -  |  there. 

7  The  singers  also  and  trumpeters  shall  |  he 
re  |  hearse  II  All  my  fresh  |  springs  shall  |  be  in  | 
thee. 

Psalm  lxxxviii.     Domine,  I)eus. 

OLORD  God  of  my  salvation,  I  have  cried  day 
and  |  night  be  |  fore  thee  ||  0  let  my  prayer 
enter  into  thy  presence,  incline  thine  |  ear  un  J 
to  my  !  calling  ; 

2  For  my  soul  is  |  full  of  |  trouble  j|  and  my 
life  draweth  |  nigh  -  |  unto  |  hell. 

3  I  am  counted  as  one  of  them  that  go  down 
in  |  to  the  |  pit  II  and  T  have  been  even  as  a  I  man 
that  |  hath  no  |  strength. 

4  Free  among  the  dead,  like  unto  them  that 
are  wounded,  and  lie  |  in  the  |  grave  II  who  are  out 
of  remembrance,  and  are  cut  a  |  way  -  |  from 
thy  !  hand. 

5  Thou  hast  laid  me  in  the  |  lowest  |  pit  II  in 
a  place  of  darkness,  |  and  -  j  in  the  |  deep. 

6  Thine  indignation  lieth  |  hard  up  |  on  me  P. 
and  thou  hast  vexed  |  me  with  |  all  thy  |  storms. 

7  Thou  hast  put  away  mine  acquaintance  |  far 
from  |  me  II  and  made  me  to  |  be  ab  |  horred  j  of 
them . 

8  I  am  so  |  fast  in  |  prison  I!  that  I  |  can  -  j 
not  get  |  lorth. 

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9  My  sight  faileth  for  |  very  |  trouble  !!  Lord, 
I  have  called  daily  upon  thee,  I  have  stretched 
forth  my  |  hands  -  |  unto  |  thee. 

10  Dost  thou  show  wonders  a  |  mong  the  | 
dead  ||  or  shall  the  dead  rise  |  up  a  |  gain,  and  | 
praise  thee  ? 

11  Shall  thy  loving-kindness  be  showed  |  in 
the  |  grave  II  or  thy  |  faithfulness  |  in  de  |  struc- 
tion  ? 

12  Shall  thy  wondrous  works  be  |  known  in 
the  |  dark  II  and  thy-  righteousness  in  the  land 
where  |  all  things  |  are  for  |  gotten  ? 

13  Unto  thee  have  I  cried,  |  0  -  |  Lord  II  and 
early  shall  my  |  prayer  |  -  come  be  |  fore  thee. 

14  Lord,  why  abhorrest  |  thou  my  |  soul  II  and 
hidest  |  thou  thy  |  face  from  |  me  ? 

15  I  am  in  misery,  and  like  unto  him  that  is 
at  the  |  point  to  |  die  ||  even  from  my  youth  up 
thy  terrors  have  I  suffered  |  with  a  |  troubled  j 
mind. 

16  Thy  wrathful  displeasure  |  goeth  |  over  me  13 
and  the  fear  of  |  thee  -    |  hath  un  |  done  me. 

17  They  come  round  about  me  daily  |  like  -  j 
water  II  and  compassed  me  to  |  getheron  |  every  I 
side. 

18  My  lovers  and  friends  hast  thou  put  a  j 
way  from  |  me  II  and  hid  mine  ac  |  quaintance  j 
out  of  my  |  sight. 


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EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  lxxxix.     Misericordias  Domini. 

Y  song  shall  be  ahvay  of  the  loving-kindness  | 
of  the  I  Lord  jj  with   my  mouth  will  I  ever 

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be  showing  thy  truth  from  one  gene/  |  ation  |  to 
an   |  other. 

2  For  I  have  said,  Merey  shall  be  set  j  up  for  | 
ever  II  thy  truth  shalt  thou  |  stablish  |  in  the  | 
heavens. 

3  I  have  made  a  covenant  |  with  my  |  chosen  t1 
I  have  sworn  |  unto  |  David  my  |  servant; 

4  Thy  seed  will  I  |  stablish  for  |  ever  ||  and  set 
up  thy  throne  from  one  gener  |  ation  |  to  an  j 
other. 

5  0  Lord,  the  very  heavens  shall  praise  thy  | 
wondrous  |  work  ||  and  thy  truth  in  the  congre  | 
gation  |  of  the  |  saints. 

6  For  who  is  he  a  |  mong  the  |  clouds  ||  that 
shall  be  com  |  pared  un  |  to  the  |  Lord  ? 

7  And  what  is  he  a  |  mong  the  |  gods  II  that 
shall  be  |  like  un  |  to  the  |  Lord  ? 

8  God  is  very  greatly  to  be  feared  in  the  coun- 
cil |  of  the  |  saints  ||  and  to  be  had  in  reverence  of 
all  them     that  are  |  round  a  |  bout  him. 

9  0  Lord  God  of  hosts,  who  is  like  |  unto  | 
thee  II  thy  truth,  most  mighty  Lord,  |  is  on  | 
every  |  side. 

10  Thou  rulest  the  raging  |  of  the  |  sea  II  thou 
stillest  the  waves  there   |  of  when  |  they  a  |   rise. 

11  Thou  hast  subdued  Egypt,  |  and  de  |  stroyed 
it  II  thou  hast  scattered  thine  enemies  abroad  j 
with  thy  j  mighty  |  arm. 

12  The  heavens  are  thine,  the  earth  |  also  is  | 
thine  II  thou  hast  laid  the  foundation  of  the  round 
world,  and  [  all  that  |  therein  |  is. 

13  Thou    hast  made    the    north    I    and    the   | 


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south    H    Tabor   and   Hermon   shall  re  |   joice  -   | 
in  thy  |  Name. 

14  Thou  hast  a  |  mighty  |  arm  II  strong  is  thy 
hand,  and  |  high  is     thy  right  |  hand. 

15  Righteousness  and  equity  are  the  habita- 
tion |  of  thy  |  seat  II  mercy  and  truth  shall  |  go 
be  |  fore  thy  |  face. 

16  Blessed  is  the  people,  0  Lord,  that  can  re  | 
joice  in  |  thee  II  they  shall  walk  in  the  |  light  -  | 
of  thy  |  countenance. 

17  Their  delight  shall  be  daily  |  in  thy  |  Name  II 
and  in  thy  righteousness  |  shall  they  |  make  their  | 
boast. 

18  For  thou  art  the  glory  ]  of  their  |  strength  || 
and  in  thy  loving-kindness  thou  shalt  |  lift  -  |  up 
our  |  horns. 

19  For  the  Lord  is  |  our  de  ;  fence  II  the  Holy 
One  of  |  Israel  |  is  our  |  King. 

20  Thou  spakest  sometime  in  visions  unto  thy  | 
saints,  and  |  saidst  ||  T  have  laid  help  upon  One 
that  is  mighty,  I  have  exalted  One  |  chosen  |  out 
of  the  |  people. 

21  I  have  found  |  David  my  |  servant  ||  with 
my  holy  oil  have  |  I  a  |  nointed  \  him. 

22  My  hand  shall  |  hold  him  |  fast  ||  and  my  | 
arm  shall  |  strengthen  |  him. 

20  The  enemy  shall  not  be  able  to  |  do  him  | 
violence  II  the  son  of  \  wickedness  |  shall  not  | 
hurt  him. 

24  I  will  smite  down  his  foes  be  |  fore  his  j 
face  II  and  |  plague  -  |  them  that  |  hate  him. 

25  My  truth  also  and  my  mercy  |  shall  be  | 

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with  him  II  and  in  my  Name  shall  his  j  horn  -  \ 
be  ex  |  alted. 

26  I  will  set  his  dominion  also  |  in  the  |  sea  II 
and  his  |  right  hand  |  in  the  |  Hoods. 

27  He  shall  call  me,  Thou  |  art  my  |  Father  U 
my  God,  |  and  my  |  strong  sal  |  vation. 

28  And  I  will  make  |  him  my  |  First-born  |) 
higher  than  the  |  kings  -  |  of  the  |  earth. 

29  My  mercy  will  I  keep  for  him  for  |  ever  | 
more  ||  and  my  covenant  shall  |  stand  -  |  fast 
with  |  him. 

30  His  seed  also  will  I  make  to  en  |  dure  for  | 
ever  II  and  his  throne  |  as  the  |  days  of  |  heaven. 

31  But  if  his  children  for  |  sake  my  |  law  I 
and  |  walk  not  |  in  my  |  judgments  ; 

32  If  they  break  my  statutes,  and  keep  not  | 
my  com  |  mandments  II  I  will  visit  their  offences 
with  the  rod,  |  and  their  |  sin  with  |  scourges. 

33  Nevertheless,  my  loving-kindness  will  I  not 
utterly  |  take  -  |  from  him  II  nor  |  suffer  my  | 
truth  to  |  fail. 

34  My  covenant  will  I  not  break,  nor  alter  the 
thing  that  is  gone  |  out  of  my  |  lips  II  I  have 
sworn  once  by  my  holiness,  that  1  |  will  not  | 
fail  -  |  David. 

35  His  seed  shall  en  |  dure  for  |  ever  ||  and  his 
seat  is  like  |  as  the  |  sun  be  |  fore  me. 

36  He  shall  stand  fast  for  evermore  |  as  the  I 
moon  II  and  as  the  |  faithful  j  witness  in  |  heaven. 

37  But  thou  hast  abhorred  and  forsaken  |  thino 
A  |  nointed  II  and  |  art  dis  |  pleased  |  at  him. 

38  Thou  hast  broken  the  covenant  |  of  thy  |  ser- 
vant ii  and  cast  his  |  crown  -  |  to  the  |  ground. 

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Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  17. 

39  Thou  hast  overthrown  |  all  his  |  hedges  ,| 
and  broken  |  down  -  |  his  strong  |  holds. 

40  AT.  ihey  that  go  |  by  -  |  spoil  him  II  and  ho 
is  become  a  re     proach  -  |  to  his  |  neighbours. 

41  Thou  hast  set  up  the  right  hand  |  of  his  | 
enemies  II  and  made  all  his  |  adversaries  j  to  re  j 
joice. 

42  Thou  hast  taken  away  the  |  edge  of  his 
sword  II  and  givest  him  not  |  victory  |  in  the 
battle. 

43  Thou  hast  put  |  out  his  |  glory  II  and  cast 
his  |  throne  -  |  down  to  the  |  ground. 

44  The  day  of  his  youth  |  hast  thou  |  short- 
ened II  and  |  covered  him  |  with  dis  |  honour. 

45  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  hide  thyself?  I 
lor  -  |  ever  II  and  shall  thv  |  wrath  -  |  burn  like  j 
fire? 

46  0  remember  how  |  short  my  |  time  is  II 
wherefore  hast  thou  |  made  all  |  men  for  |  nought? 

47  What  man  is  he  that  liveth,  and  shull  |  not 
see  |  death  II  and  shall  he  deliver  his  soui  j  from 
the  J  hand  of  |  hell  ? 

48  Lord,  where  are  thy  old  |  loving  |  kind- 
nesses II  which  thou  swarest  unto  |  David  |  in  thy  | 
truth? 

49  Remember,  Lord,  the  rebuke  that  thy  |  ser- 
vants |  have  P  and  how  I  do  bear  in  my  bosom  the 
re  |  bukes  of  j  many  |  people; 

50  Wherewith  thine  enemies  have  blasphemed 
thee,    and    slandered   the  footsteps  of  |  thine  A 
nointed  II   Praised   be  the   Lord   for    evermore. 
Amen,  I  and  A  I  men. 


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STIje  ISfatjtceutt)  29an. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  xc.     Domine,  refugium. 

LORD,  thou  hast  |  been  our  |  refuge  II  from  ono 
gener  |  ation  |  to  an  |  other. 

2  Before  the  mountains  were  brought  forth,  or 
ever  the  earth  and  the  |  world  were  j  made  II  thou 
art  Grod  from  everlasting,  and  |  world  with  |  out  -  | 
end . 

3  Thou  turnest  man  |  to  d.e  |  struction  II  again 
thou  sayest,  Come  a  |  gain,  ye  |  children  of  |  men. 

4  For  a  thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are  |  but 
as  |  yesterday  II  seeing  that  is  past  |  as  a  |  watch 
in  The  |  night. 

5  As  soon  as  thou  scatterest  them  they  are 
even  |  as  a  |  sleep  II  and  fade  away  |  suddenly  | 
like  the  |  grass. 

6  \n  the  morning  it  is  green,  and  |  groweth  | 
up  II  but  in  the  evening  it  is  cut  down,  |  dried  j 
up,  and  |  withered. 

7  For  we  consume  away  in  |  thy  dis  |  pleasure  || 
and  are  afraid  at  thy  |  wrathful  |  indig  |  nation. 

8  Then  hast  set  our  mis  |  deeds  be  |  fore  thee  II 
and  our  secret  sins  in  the  |  light  -  |  of  thy  |  coun- 
tenance. 

9  For  wh.'m  thou  art  angry  all  our  |  days  are  j 
gone  I!  we  bring  our  years  to  an  end,  as  it  |  were 
a  j  ta'e  that  is  |  told. 

10  The  days  of  our  age  are  threescore  years 
and  ten;  and  though  men  be  so  strong  that  they 
come  to  fourscore  years,  yet  is  their  strength  then 
but  |  labour  and  |  sorrow  ||  so  soon  passetli  it  a  | 
way,  and     we  are  |  gone. 

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11  But  who  regardeth  the  power  |  of  thy  | 
wrath  1  for  even  thereafter  as  a  man  /earcth,  j  so 
is  |  thy  dis  |  pleasure. 

12  So  teach  us  to  |  number  our  j  days  II  that 
we  may  apply  our  |  hearts  -  |  unto  |  wisdom. 

13  Turn  thee  again,  0  Lord,  |  at  the  |  last  I 
and  be  |  gracious  |  unto  thy  |  servants. 

14  0  satisfy  us  with  thy  mercy,  and  |  that  -  | 
soon  II  so  shall  we  rejoice  and  be  glad  |  all  the  j 
da}  s  of  our  |  life. 

15  Comfort  us  again  now  after  the  time  that  | 
thou  hast  |  plagued  us  II  and  for  the  years  where- 
in |  we  have  |  suffered  ad  |  versity. 

16  Show  thy  |  servants  thy  |  work  II  and  their  | 
chil  -  |  dren  thy  |  glory. 

17  And  the  glorious  Majesty  of  the  Lord  our 
God  |  be  up  |  on  us  ||  prosper  thou  the  work  of 
our  hands  upon  us  ;  0  prosper  |  thou  our  |  handy  | 
work. 

Psalm  xci.     Qui  habitat. 

WHOSO    dwelleth  under  the   defence  of  the   | 
W     Most  -    |    High  II    shall    abide   under    the    I 
shadow  of  |  the  A I  |  mighty. 

2  I  will  say  unto  the  Lord,  Thou  art  my  hope, 
and  |  my  strong  |  hold  II  my  God,  in  |  him  -  |  will 
I  |  trust. 

3  For  he  shall  deliver  thee  from  the  snare  |  of 
the  |  hunter  II  and  |  from  the  j  noisome  |  pesti- 
lence. 

4  He  shall  defend  thee  under  his  wings,  and 
thou  shalt  be  safe  |  under  his  |  feathers  l|  his 
faithfulness  and  truth  shall  |  be  thy  |  shield  and  J 
buckler. 

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5  Thou  shalt  not  be  afraid  for  any  I  terror  by  \ 
night  ||  nor  for  the  |  arrow  that  |  rlieth  by  | 
day  ; 

6  For  the  pestilence  that  |  walketh  in  |  dark- 
ness ||  nor  for  the  sickness  that  de  |  stroyeth  |  in 
the  |  noon-day. 

7  A  thousand  shall  fall  beside  thee,  and  ten 
thousand  at  |  thy  right  |  hand  P  but  it  shall  |  not 
come  |  nigh  -  |  thee. 

8  Yea,  with  thine  eyes  shalt  I  thou  be  |  hold  li 
and  see  the  re  |  ward  of  |  the  un  |  godly. 

9  For  thou,  Lord,  |  art  my  |  hope  II  thou  hast 
set  thine  house  of  de  |  fence  -  |  very  |  high. 

1.0  There  shall  no  evil  happen  |  unto  |  thee  |l 
neither  shall  any  |  plague  come  |  nigh  thy  | 
dwelling. 

11  For  he  shall  give  his  angels  charge  |  over  | 
thee  II  to  |  keep  thee  in  |  all  thy  |  ways. 

12  They  shall  bear  thee  |  in  their  |  hands  || 
that  thou  hurt  not  thy  |  foot  a  |  gainst  a  | 
stone. 

13  Thou  shalt  go  upon  the  |  lion  and  |  adder  II 
the  young  lion  and  the  dragon  shalt  thou  |  tread  -  | 
under  thy  |  feet. 

14  Because  he  hath  set  his  love  upon  me, 
therefore  will  |  T  de  |  liver  him  II  I  will  set  him 
up,  be  |  cause  he  hath  |  known  my  j  Name. 

15  He  shall  call  upon  me,  and  |  I  will  |  hear 
him  II  yea,  I  am  with  him  in  trouble  ;  I  will  de- 
liver him,  and  |  bring  -  |  him  to  |  honour. 

16  With  long  life  will  I  |  satis  I  fy  him  |]  and  j 
show  him  |  my  sal  |  vation. 

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I 


Psalm  xcii.     Bonum  est  covfiten. 

T  is  a   good  thing  to  give  thanks  un  |  to  the  I 

Lord  ||  and  to  sing  praises  unto  thy  |  Name,  - 
0  Most  |  Highest ; 

2   To  tell  of  thy  loving-kindness  early  |  in  the 
morning   ||  and  of  thy   truth  |  in  the  |  night  - 
season  ; 

o  Upon  an  instrument  often  strings,  and  up  | 
on  the  |  lute  II  upon  a  loud  instrument,  |  and  up  j 
on  the  |  harp. 

4  For  thou,  Lord,  hast  made  me  glad  |  through 
thy  |  works  II  and  1  will  rejoice  in  giving  praise 
for  the  oper  |  ations  |  of  thy  |  hands. 

5  U  Lord,  how  glorious  |  are  thy  J  works  II  thy  | 
thoughts  are  |   very  |  deep 

6  An  unwise  man  doth  not  well  con  j  sider  | 
this  l|  and  a  fool  |  doth  not  |  under  |  stand  it. 

7  When  the  ungodly  are  green  as  the  grass, 
and  when  all  the  workers  of  wickedness  |  do  -  j 
flourish  II  then  shall  they  be  destroyed  forever  ; 
but  thou,  Lord,  art  the  Most  |  Highest  for  |  ever  | 
more. 

8  For  lo,  thine  enemies,  0  Lord,  lo,  thine  ene- 
mies |  shall  -  |  perish  II  and  all  t%e  workers  of 
wickedness  |  shall  -  |  be  de  |  stroyed. 

9  But  mine  horn  shall  be  exalted  like  the  horn  I 
of  an  |  unicorn  II  for  I  am  a  |  nointed  |  with  fresh  j 
oil. 

10  Mine  eye  also  shall   see  his  lust  |  of  mine 
enemies  !l  and  mine  ear  shall  hear  his  desire  of 
the  wicked  that  a  |  rise  -  |  up  a  |  gainst  me. 

11  The  righteous  shall  flourish  |  like.a  |  palm 


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tree  II  and  shall  spread  abroad  |  like  a  j  cedar  in  ] 
Libanus. 

12  Such  as  are  planted  in  the  house  |  of  the 
Lord  ||  shall  flourish  in  the  courts  of  the  |  house  ■ 
of  our  |  God. 

13  They  also  shall  bring  forth  more  fruit  ]  in 
their  |  age  I1  and  shall  be  |  fat  and  |  well  -  j 
liking ; 

14  That  they  may  show  how  true  the  Lord 
my  |  strength  -  |  is  ||  and  that  there  is  ]  no  un  j 
righteousness  I  in  him. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  xciii.     Dominus  reynavit. 

THE  Lord  is  King,   and  hath  put  on  |  glorious 
ap  |  parti  ||  the  Lord  hath  put  on  his  apparel, 
and  |  girded  him  |  self  with  |  strength. 

2  He  hath  made  the  round  |  world  so  |  sure  II 
that  it  j  can  -  |  not  be  |  moved. 

3  Ever  since  the  world  began  hath  thy  seat  | 
been  pre  |  pared  II  thou  |  art  from  |  ever  |  lasting. 

4  The  Hoods  are  risen,  0  Lord,  the  floods  have 
lift  |  up  their  |  voice  ii  the  [  floods  lift  |  up  their  | 
waves. 

5  The  waves  of  the  sea  are  mighty,  and  | 
rage  -  |  horribly  II  but  yet  the  Lord,  who  |  dwel- 
leth  on  |  high,  is  |  mightier. 

6  Thy  testimonies,  0  Lord,  are  |  very  |  sure  0 
holiness  be  I  cometh  thine  |  house  for  |  ever. 

PaALM  xciv.     Deus  uWonum. 

OLORD  God,  to  whom  |  vengeance  be  |  longeth  II 
thou  God,  to  whom  vengeance  be  |  longeth,  | 
show  thy  |  self, 

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2  Arise,  thou  Judge  |  of  the  |  world  j|  and  re- 
ward the  proud  j  after  |  their  de  |  serving. 

3  Lord,  how  long  shall  |  the  un  |  godly  fi 
how  long  shall  |  the  un  |  godly    |  triumph  ? 

4  How  long  shall  all  wicked  doers  speak  |  so 
dis  |  dainfully  ||  and  |  make  such  |  proud  -  |  boast- 
ing ? 

5  They  smite  down  thy  people  |  0  -  |  Lord  II 
and  |  trouble  |  thine-  |  heritage. 

6  They  murder  the  widow  |  and  the  j  stranger  || 
and  put  the  |  father  \  less  to  |  death. 

7  And  yet  they  say,  Tush,  the  Lord  |  shall 
not  |  see  II  neither  shali  the  |  God  of  |  Jacob  re  j 
gard  it. 

8  Take  heed,  ye  unwise  a  |  mong  the  |  people  I! 
0  ye  fools,  |  when  will  ye  |  under  |  stand  ? 

9  He  that  planted  the  ear,  shall  |  he  not 
hear  |l  or  he  that  made  the  |  eye,  shall  |  he  not 
see  ? 

10  Or  he  that  |  nurtureth  the  |  heathen  ||  it  is 
he  that  teacheth  man  knowledge  ;  |  shall  not  I 
he  -  |  punish  1 

11  The  Lord  knoweth  the  |  thoughts  of  | 
man  ||  that  |  they  -  |  are  but  |  vain. 

12  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou  chastenest,  j 
0  -  |  Lord  II  and  |  teachest  him  |  in  thy  |  Law; 

13  That  thou  mayest  give  him  patience  in 
time  j  of  ad  |  versity  I!  until  the  pit  be  digged  | 
up  for  |  the  un  |  godly. 

14  For  the  Lord  will  not  |  fail  his  |  people  I 
aoither  will  he  for  j  sake  -  |  his  in  |  heritance. 

15  Until    righteousness     turn    again  |    unto  | 

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judgment    II   all  such   as    are    |    true    in    I    heart 
shall  |  follow  it. 

16  Who  will  rise  up  with  me  a  |  gainst  the  j 
wicked  ||  or  who  will  take  my  part  a  j  gainst 
the  |  evil  |  doers  ? 

17  If  the  Lord  |  had  not  |  helped  me  ||  it  had 
not  failed,  but  my  soul  |  had  been  |  put  to  | 
silence. 

18  But  when  I  said,  My  |  foot  hath  |  slipped.  II 
thy  mercy,  0  |  Lord,  -  |  held  me  |  up. 

19  in  the  multitude  of  the  sorrows  that  1 
had  |  in  my  |  heart  II  thy  comforts  |  have  re  j 
freshed  my  |  soul. 

20  Wilt  thou  have  anything  to  do  with  the  | 
stool  of  |  wickedness  II  which  imagineth  |  mis- 
chief |  as  a  |  law  ? 

21  They  gather  them  together  against  the 
soul  I  of  the  |  righteous  II  and  con  |  demn  the  , 
innocent  |  blood. 

22  But  the  Lord  |  is  my  |  refuge  f!  and  my  God 
is  the  |  strength  -  |  of  my  |  confidence. 

23  He  shall  recompense  them  their  wickedness, 
and  destroy  them  in  |  their  own  |  malice  ||  yea. 
the  Lord  our  |  God  -  |  shall  de  |  stroy  them. 


E\)t  "XhxttctnU)  Wu$. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Tsalm  xcv.      Venite,  exulteinus. 

OCOME,  let  us  sing  un  |  to  the  |  Lord  II  let  us 
heartily  rejoice  in  the  |  strength  of  |  our  sal  | 
nation. 

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Morntno.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Dat  19 


2  Let  us  come  before  his  presence  |  with 
thanks  |  giving  II  and  show  ourselves  |  glad  in  | 
him  with  |  psalms. 

3  For  the  Lord  is  a  |  great  -  |  God  II  and  a 
great  |  King  a  |  bove  all  |  gods. 

4  In  his  hand  are   all  the    corners  |  of   the 
earth  II  and  the  strength  of  the  |  hills  is  |  his 
also. 

5  The  sea  is  his,  |  and  he  |  made  it  ||  and  his 
hands  pre  |  pared  the  |  dry  -  |  land. 

6  0  come,  let  us  worship  |  and  fall  |  down  !l 
and  kneel  be  |  fore  the  |  Lord  our  |  Maker. 

7  For  he  is  the  |  Lord  our  |  God  II  and  we  are 
the  people  of  his  pasture  |  and  the  |  sheep  of  his  | 
hand. 

8  To-day  if  ye  will  hear  his  voice,  harden  | 
not  your  |  hearts  II  as  in  the  provocation,  and  as 
in  the  day  of  temp  |  tation  |  in  the  |  wilderness  ; 

9  When  your  fathers  |  tempted  |  me  II  proved 
me,  |  and  -  |  saw  my  |  works. 

10  Forty  years  long  was  I  grieved  with  this 
gener  |  ation,  and  |  said  II  It  is  a  people  that  do 
err  in  their  hearts,  for  they  |  have  not  |  known 
my  |  ways. 

11  Unto  whom  I  sware  |  in  my  |  wrath  ||  that 
they  should  not  |  enter  in  |  lo  my  |  rest. 

Fsalm  xcvi.     Cantate  Domino. 

OSING  unto  the  Lord  a  |  new  -  j  song  II  sing 
unto  the  Lord,  |  all  the  |  whole  -  |  earth. 
2   ^ing     unto     the     Lord,    and  |  praise    his    | 
Name  II  be  telling  of  his  sal  |  vation  from  |  day 
to  I  day. 

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3  Declare  his  honour  un  |  to  the  |  heathen  Si 
and  his  |  wonders  |  unto  all  |  people. 

4  For  the  Lord  is  great,  and  cannot  worthily  | 
be  -  |  praised  ||  he  is  more  to  be  |  feared  than  |  all  - 1 
gods 

5  As  for  all  the  gods  of  the  heathen,  they  |  are 
but  |  idols  ||  but  it  is  the  |  Lord  that  |  made  the  | 
heavens. 

6  Glory  and  worship  |  are  be  |  fore  him  ||  power 
and  |  honor  are  |  in  his  |  sanctuary. 

7  Ascribe  unto  the  Lord,  0  ye  kindreds  |  ol 
the  |  people  ||  ascribe  unto  the  j  Lord  -  |  worship 
and  |  power. 

8  Ascribe  unto  the  Lord  the  honour  due  un  | 
to  his  |  Name  ||  bring  presents,  and  |  come  in  |  to 
his  |  courts. 

9  0  worship  the  Lord  in  the  |  beauty  of  |  holi- 
ness ||  let  the  whole  earth  |  stand  in  j  awe  of  | 
him. 

10  Tell  it  out  among  the  heathen,  that  the  | 
Lord  is  |  King  ||  and  that  it  is  he  who  hath  made 
the  round  world  so  fast  that  it  cannot  be  moved  ; 
and  how  that  he  shall  |  judge  the  |  people  |  righ- 
teously. 

11  Let  the  heavens  rejoice,  and  let  the  |  earth 
be  |  glad  ||  let  the  sea  make  a  noise,  and  |  all 
that  |  therein  |  is. 

12  Let  the  field  be  joyful,  and  all  |  that  is  | 
in  it  ||  then  shall  all  the  trees  of  the  wood  re  | 
joice  be  |  fore  the  |  Lord. 

13  For  he  cometh,  for  he  cometh  to  |  judge 
the  |  earth  II  and  with  righteousness  to  judge  the 
world,  and  the  |  people  !  with  his  |  truth. 


tfoRNncu]  THE  PSALTER  [Day  19 


Psalm  xcvii.     Dominns  regnnvit 

THE    Lord  is  King,  the  earth    may   be  |  glad 
there  |  of  ||  yea,  the  multitude  of  the  isles   | 
may  be  |  glad  there  |  of. 

2  Clouds  and  darkness  are  |  round  a  |  bout 
him  ||  righteousness  and  judgment  are  the  habi  | 
tat  ion  |  of  his  |  seat. 

3  There  shall  go  a  [  fire  be  |  fore  him  I  and 
burn  up  his  enemies  |  on  -  |  every  |  side. 

4  His  lightnings  gave  shine  un  |  to  the  | 
world  II  the  earth  |  saw  it,  and  |  was  a  |  fraid. 

5  The  hills  melted  like  wax  at  the  presence  | 
of  the  |  Lord  II  at  the  presence  of  the  Lord  |  of 
the  |  whole  -  |  earth. 

6  The  heavens  have  de  |  clared  his  |  righte- 
ousness ||  and  all  the  |  people  have  |  seen  his  j 
glory. 

7  Confounded  be  all  they  that  worship  carved 
images,  and  tbat  delight,  in  |  vain  -  |  gods  ||  wor- 
ship |  him,  -  |  all  ye  |  gods. 

8  Sion  heard  of  it,  |  and  re  |  joicetl  ||  and  the 
daughters  of  Judah  were  glad,  because  of  thy  j 
judgments,  |  0  -  |  Lord. 

9  For  thou,  Lord,  art  higher  than  all  that  are  | 
in  the  |  earth  II  thou  art  exalted  |  far  a  |  bove 
all  |  gods. 

10  0  ye  that  love  the  Lord,  see  that  yo  hate 
the  thing  |  which  is  |  evil  I!  the  Lord  preserveth 
the  souls  of  his  saints  ;  he  shall  deliver  them 
from  the  |  hand  of  |  the  un  |  godly. 

11  There  is  sprung  up  a  light  |  for  the  |  right* 
eons  ||  and  joyful  gladness  for  |  such  as  |  are  true  j 
hearted. 

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\   n  19.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Evening 

LJ  Rejoice  in  the  |  Lord,  ye  |  righteous  il  and 
gwe  thanks  for  a  re  |  membrance  |  of  his  |  holi- 
iipss. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  xcviii.     Cantaie  Domino. 

OSING-    unto   the    Lord  a  |  new  -  |  song  ||  for 
he  hath  |  done  -  |  marvellous  |  things. 
+    With   his    own  right   hand,  and    with   his   | 
holN   I  arm  II  hath  he   |   gotten    him  |   self    the   | 
vici  ry. 

3  The    Lord    declared  |  his  sal  |  vation   li  his 
righv  ;ousness  hath  he   openly  showed  |  in  the 
sight  of  the  |  heathen. 

4  He  hath  remembered  his  mercy  and  truth 
toward  the  |  house  of  |  Israel  II  and  all  the  ends  ot 
the  w  orld  have  seen  the  sal  |  vation  |  of  our  | 
God. 

5  Shnv  yourselves  joyful  unto  the  Lord,  |  all 
ye  |  lands  II  sing,  re  |  joice,  -  |  and  give  |  thanks. 

6  Praise  the  Lord  up  j  on  Ihe  |  harp  II  sing  to 
the  j  harp  with  a  |  psalm  of  |  thanksgiving. 

7  With  trumpets  |  also  and  |  shawms  II  0  show 
yourselves  joyful  be  |  fore  the  |  Lord,  the  |  King. 

8  Let  the  sea  make  a  noise,  and  all  that  | 
therein  |  is  II  the  round  world,  and  |  they  that  | 
dwell  there  |  in. 

9  Let  the  floods  clap  their  hands,  and  let  the 
hills  be  joyful  together  be  j  fore  the  |  Lord  ||  for 
he  is  |  come  to  |  judge  the  |  earth. 

10  With  righteousness  shall  he  |  judge  the  | 
world  li  and  the  |  people  |  with  -  |  equity. 

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Evening.]  THE  P&ALTER  [Day  19 


Psalm  xcix.     Dominies  regnavit. 

THE    Lord   is    King,  be  the  people    never  |  so 
im  |  patient  II  he  sitteth  between   the  Cheru- 
bim, be  the  earth  |  never  |  so  nn  |  quiet. 

2  The  Lord  is  |  great  in  |  Sion  ||  and  |  high  a  | 
bove  all  |  people. 

3  They  shall  give  thanks  un  |  to  thy  |  Name  II 
which  is  great,  |  wonder  |  ful,  and  |  holy. 

4  The  King's  power  loveth  judgment  ;  thou 
hast  pre  |  pared  |  equity  II  thou  hast  executed 
judgment  and  |  righteous  |  ness  in  |  Jacob. 

5  0  magnify  the  |  Lord  our  |  God  II  and  fall 
down  before  his  footstool ;  |  for  -  |  he  is  |  holy. 

6  Moses  and  Aaron  among  his  priests,  and 
Samuel  among  such  as  call  up  |  on  his  |  Name  || 
these  called  upon  the  |  Lord,  -  |  and  he  |  heard 
them. 

7  He  spake  unto  them  out  of  the  |  cloudy  | 
pillar  ii  for  they  kept  his  testimonies,  and  the  | 
law  -  |  that  he  |  gave  them. 

8  Thou  heardest  them,  0  |  Lord  our  |  God  II 
thou  forgavest  them,  0  God,  and  punishedst  | 
their  -  |  own  in  |  vent  ions. 

9  0  magnify  the  Lord  our  God,  and  worship 
him  upon  his  |  holy  |  hill  I!  for  the  |  Lord  our  j 
God  is  |  holy. 

Ppalm  c.     Jubilate  Deo. 

OBE  joyful  in  the  Lord,  |  all  ye  !  lands  1!  serve 
the  Lord  with  gladness,  and  come  before  his  | 
presence  |  with  a  |  song. 

2   Be  ye  sure  that  the  Lord  |  he   is  |  God  II  it 
is  he  that  hath  made  us,  and  not  we  ourselves ; 
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we  are  his  people,  |  and  the  ]  sheep  of  his  |  pas- 
ture. 

3  0  go  your  way  into  his  gates  with  thanks- 
giving, and  into  his  |  courts  with  |  praise  II  ba 
thankful  unto  him,  and  speak  |  good  -  |  of  his  | 
Name. 

4  For  the  Lord  is  gracious,  his  mercy  is  |  ever 
lasting  II  and  his  truth  endureth  from  gener 
ation  to  |  gener  j  ation. 

Psalm  ci.    Miser  icordiam  et  judicium. 

MY  song  shall   be   of  j  mercy  and  |  judgment   I) 
unto  thee,  0  |  Lord,  -  |  will  I  |  sing. 

2   0  let  me  have  |  under  |  standing  II  in  the  | 
way  of  |  godli  |  ness ! 

o  Wiien  wilt  thou  come  |  unto  |  me  H  I  will 
walk  in  my  house  |  with  a  |  perfect  |  heart. 

4  1  will  take  no  wicked  thing  in  hand  ;  I  hate 
the  sins  |  of  un  |  faithfulness  II  there  shall  no  such  | 
cleave  -  j  unto  |  me. 

o  A  froward  heart  «hall  de  |  part  from  |  me  II 
I  will  not  |  know  a  |  wicked  ]  person. 

6  Whoso  privily  |  slandereth  his  |  neighbour  II 
him  |  will  -  |  I  de  |  struy. 

7  Whoso  hath  also  a  proud  look  and  |  high  -  | 
stomach  II  I  |  will  not  I  sutler  |  him. 

8  Mine  eyes  look  upon  such  as  are  faithful  j 
in  the  |  lund  II  that  |  they  may  |  dwell  with  |  me,, 

9  Whoso  leadeth  a  |  godly |  life  ||  he  |  shall  -  | 
be  my  |  servant. 

10  'ihere  shall  no  deceitful  person  dwell  |  in 
my  |  house  II  he  that  telleth  lies  shall  not  |  tarry  | 
in  my  |  sight. 

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Morning.]  THE   PSALTER.  [Day  20. 

11  I  shall  soon  destroy  all  the  ungodly  that 
are  !  in  the  |  land  II  that  1  may  root  out  all  wicked 
rluers  from  the  |  city  |  of  the  |  Lord. 


Cfce  Ctoentfetj)  IDao. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  cii.     Domine,  exaudi. 

UEAR     ny    prayer,  |  0  -  |  Lord  ||  and   let    my 
crying  |  come  -  |  unto  j  thee. 

2  Hide  not  thy  face  from  me  in  the  time  |  of 
my  |  trouble  ||  incline  thine  ear  unto  me  when  I 
call  ;   0  |  hear  me  and  |  that  right  |  soon. 

3  For  my  days  are  consumed  a  |  way  like  | 
smoke  II  and  my  bones  are  burnt  up  |  as  it  |  were 
a  |  fire-brand. 

4  My  heart  is  smitten  down,  and  |  withered 
like  |  grass  II  so  that  I  for  |  get  to  |  eat  my  |  bread. 

5  Por  the  voice  |  of  my  j  .groaning  II  my  bones 
will  scarce  |  cleave  -  j  to  my  |  flesh. 

6  1  am  become  like  a  pelican  |  in  the  |  wilder- 
ness ||  and  like  an  j  owl  that  is  |  in  the  |  desert. 

7  I  have  watched,  and  am  even  as  it  |  were  a  | 
sparrow  II  that  sitteth  a  |  lone  upon  |  the  house  | 
top. 

8  Mine  enemies  revile  me  |  all  the  day  j  long  H 
and  they  that  are  mad  upon  me  are  |  sworn  to  | 
gether  a  |  gainst  me. 

9  For  1  have  eaten  ashes  «xS  it  |  were  -  |  bread  li 
and  |  mingled  my  j  drink  with  |  weeping. 

10  And  that,  because  of  thine  mdig  |  nation 
and  |  wrath  P  for  thou  hast  taken  me  |  up,  and  | 
cast  me  |  down. 

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Day  20. j  THE  PSALTER.  [Mounixq 

11  My  days  are  gone  |  like  a  |  shadow  II  and  ] 
am  |  withered  j  like  -  |  grass. 

12  But  thou,  0  Lord,  shalt  en  |  dure  for  j 
ever  I!  and  thy  remembrance  through  |  out  all  j 
gener  |  ations. 

13  Thou  shalt  arise,  and  have  mercy  up  |  on  -  | 
Sion  II  for  it  is  time  that  thou  have  mercy  upon 
her,  |  yea,  the  |  time  is  |  come. 

14  And  why?  thy  servants  think  up  j  on  her 
stones  II  and  it  pitieth  them  to  |  see  her  |  in  the 
dust. 

15  The  heathen  shall  fear  thy  |  Name,  0  | 
Lord  li  and  all  the  kings  of  the  |  earth  thy  |  Ma- 
jes  |  ty  ; 

16  When  the  Lord  shall  |  build  up  |  Sion  II  and 
when  his  |  glory  |  shall  ap  |  pear; 

17  When  he  turneth  him  unto  the  prayer  of 
the  |  poor  -  |  destitute  II  and  despiseth  |  not  -  | 
their  de  |  sire. 

18  This  shall  be  written  for  those  |  that  come 
after  II  and  the  people  which  shall  be  |  born  shall 
praise  the  I  Lord. 

19  For  he  hath  looked  down  |  from  his  |  sanc- 
tua.rv  II  out  of  the  heaven  did  the  |  Lord  be  |  hold 
the  forth; 

23  That  he  might  hear  the  mourning  of  such 
as  are  |  in  cap  |  tivity  II  and  deliver  the  children 
ap  |  pointed  |  unto  |  death; 

21  That  they  may  declare  the  Name  of  the  | 
Lord  in  |  Sion  II  and  his  |  worship  |  at  Je  |  rusa- 
lem : 

22  When  the  people  are  |  gathered  to  |  gether  || 
and  the  kingdoms  J  also,  to  |  serve  the  |  Lord. 

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23  He    brought   down   my  strength  j  in   my 
journey  ||  and  |  shortened  |  my  -  |  days. 

24  But  I  said,  0  my  God,  take  me  not  away 
in  the  |  midst  of  mine  |  age  ||  as  for  thy  years, 
they  endure  through  |  out  all  |  gener  |  ations. 

25  Thou,  Lord,  in  the  beginning  hast  laid  the 
foundation  |  of  the  |  earth  II  and  the  heavens  are 
the  |  work  -  |  of  thy  |  hands. 

26  They  shall  perish,  but  |  thou  shalt  en  | 
dure  II  they  all  shall  wax  |  old  as  j  doth  a  |  gar- 
ment ; 

27  And  as  a  vesture  shalt  thou  change  them, 
and  they  |  shall  be  |  changed  II  but  thou  art  the 
same,  and  thy  |  years  -  |  shall  not  |  fail. 

28  The  children  of  thy  servants  |  shall  con  | 
tinue  il  and  their  seed  shall  stand.  |  fast  -  |  in 
thy  |  sight. 

Psalm  ciii.     Benedic,  anima  mea. 

PRAISE   the   Lord,  |  0  my  |  soul  II  and  all  that 
is  within  me,  |  praise  his  |  holy  |  Name. 

2  Praise  the  Lord,  |  0  my  |  soul  II  and  for  |  get 
not  |  all  his  |  benefits  : 

3  Who  forgive th  |  all  thy  |  sin  II  and  healeth  | 
all  -  |  thine  in  |  firmities  ; 

4  Who  saveth  thy  life  |  from  de  s traction  li 
and  crowneth  thee  with  j  mercy  and  |  loving  | 
kindness  ; 

5  Who  satisfieth  thy  mouth  with  |  good  -  | 
things  l|  making  thee  young  and  |  lusty  |  as  an  J 
eagle. 

6  The  Lord  executeth   righteousness  I  and  -  1 

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judgment  II   for   all   them  that  |  are   oppress  |  e<l 
with  |  wrong. 

7  He,  showed  his  ways  |  unto  |  Moses  II  his 
works  unto  the  j  children  of  |  Isra  |  el. 

8  'Ihe  Lord  is  full  of  com  |  passion  and  |  mer- 
cy I!  long-suffering  |  and  of  |  great  -  |  goodness. 

9  He  will  not  |  alway  be  |  chiding  li  neither 
keepeth  |  he  his  |  anger  for  |  ever. 

10  He  hath  not  dealt  with  us  |  after  our  | 
sins  ||  nor  rewarded  us  according  |  to  our  |  wick- 
ed |  nesses. 

11  For  look  how  high  the  heaven  is  in  com- 
parison |  of  the  |  earth  II  so  great  is  his  mercy 
also  to  |  ward  -  |  them  that  |  fear  him. 

12  Look  how  wide  also  the  east  is  |  from  the  | 
west  ||  so  far  hath  he  |  set  our  |  sins  -  |  from  us. 

13  Yea,  like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  |  own  -  j 
children  II  even  so  is  the  Lord  merciful  |  unto  j 
them  that  |  fear  him. 

14  For  he  knoweth  where  |  of  we  are  |  made  ii 
he  remembereth  |  that  we  |  are  but  |  dust, 

15  The  days  of  man  are  |  but  as  |  grass  II  for 
he  flour isheth  as  a  |  flower  |  of  the  |  field. 

16  For  as  soon  as  the  wind  goeth  over  it,  |  it 
is  |  gone  II  and  the  place  there  |  of  shall  j  know  it 
no  |  more. 

17  But  the  merciful  goodness  of  the  Lord  en- 
dureth  for  ever  and  ever  upon  |  them  that  |  fear 
him  |l  and  his  righteousness  up  |  on  -  |  children's  j 
children  ; 

18  Even  upon  snch  as  |  keep  his  |  covenant  il 
and  think  upon  I  his  com  |  mandments  to  |  do 
them. 

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Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  20- 

19  The  Lord  hath  prepared  his  |  seat  in  | 
heaven  ||  and  his  kingdom  |  raleth  |  over  |  all. 

20  0  praise  the  Lord,  ye  angels  of  his,  ye  that 
ex  |  eel  in  |  strength  ||  ye  that  fulfil  his  command- 
ment, and  hearken  unto  the  |  voice  -  ■  of  his  j  word. 

21  0  praise  the  Lord,  all  |  ye  his  |  hosts  ||  ye 
servants  of  |  his  that  |  do  his  |  pleasure. 

22  0  speak  good  of  the  Lord,  all  ye  works  of 
his,  in  all  places  of  |  his  do  |  minion  ||  praise  thou 
the  I  Lord,  -  I  0  niv  I  soul. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  civ.     Beyiedic,  anima  mea. 

PRAISE  the  Lord,  |  0  my  |  soul  II  0  Lord  my 
God,    thou    art    become    exceeding    glorious  ; 
thou  art  clothed  with  |  majes  |  ty  and  |  honour. 

2  Thou  deckest  thyself  with  light  as  it  were  | 
with  a  |  garment  II  and  spreadest  out  the  j  heav- 
ens    |  like  a  |  curtain. 

3  Who  layeth  the  beams  of  his  chambers  |  in 
the  |  waters  II  and  maketh  the  clouds  his  chariot, 
and  walketh  upon  the  |  wings  -  |  of  the  |  wind. 

4  He  maketh  his  |  angels  |  spirits  ||  and  his  | 
ministers  |  a  flaming  ]  fire. 

5  He  laid  the  foundations  |  of  the  |  earth  ||  that 
it  never  should  |  move  at  |  any  |  time. 

6  Thou  coveredst  it  with  the  deep  like  as  |  with 
a  |  garment  II  the  waters  |  stand  -  |  m  the  |  hills. 

7  At  thy  re  |  buke  they  |  flee  II  at  the  voice  of 
thy  |  thunder  they  |  are  a  j  fraid. 

8  They  go  up  as  high  as  the  hills,  and  down 
tolhe  |  valleys  be  |  neath  II  even  unto  the  place 
which  thou  |  hast  ap  |  pointed  |  for  them. 

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Day  20 1  THE   PSALTER.  [Evening 

9  Thou  hast  set  them  their  bounds,  which 
they  |  shall  not  |  pass  II  neither  turn  a  |  gain  to  | 
cover  the  |  earth. 

10  He  sendeth  the  springs  in  |  to  the  |  rivers  Si 
which  |  run  a  |  mong  the  |  hills. 

11  All  the  beasts  of  the  field  [  drinkthere  |  of  II 
and  the  wild  |  asses  |  quench  their  |  thirst. 

12  Beside  them  shall  the  fowls  of  the  air  have 
their  |  habi  j  tation  II  and  |  sing  a  |  mong  the  | 
branches. 

13  He  watereth  the  hills  |  from  a  |  bove  ||  the 
earth  is  filled  with  the  |  fruit  -   |  oilhy  |  works. 

14  He  bringeth  forth  grass  |  for  the  |  cattle  II 
and  green  herb  |  for  the  |  service  of  |  men  ; 

15  That  he  may  bring  food  out  of  the  earth, 
and  wine  that  maketh  glad  the  |  heart  of  |  man  il 
and  oil  to  make  him  a  cheerful  countenance, 
and  |  bread  to  |  strengthen  man's  j  heart. 

16  The  trees  ofthe  Lord  also  are  |  full  of  |  sap  || 
even  the  cedars  of  Libanu>  |  which  -  |  he  hath  | 
planted  ; 

17  Wherein  the  birds  |  make  their  |  nests  II  and 
the  fir-trees  are  a  |  dwell  ng  |  for  the  |  stork. 

18  The  high  hills  are  a  refuge  |  for  the  wild  | 
goats  II  and  so  are  the  |  stony  rocks  |  for  the  j 
conies. 

19  He  appointed  the  moon  for  |  certain  |  sea- 
sons II  and  the  sun  |  knoweth  his  |  going  |  down. 

20  Thou  makest  darkness  that  it  |  may  be  j 
night  II  wherein  all  the  beasts  !  of  the  |  forests 
rio  I  move. 

21  The  lions,  roaring  |  after  their  |  prey  II  do  | 
seek  their  j  meat  from  |  God. 

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Evraiwo."!  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  20. 

22  The  sun  ariseth,  and  they  get  them  a  |  way 
to  |  gether  II  and  lay  them  |  down  -  |  in  their  j 
dens 

23  Man  goeth  forth  |  to  his  |  work  II  and  to 
ais  |  labour,  |  until  the  |  evening. 

24  0  Lord.,  how  manifold  |  are  thy  |  works  11 
in  wisdom  hast  thou  made  them  all ;  the  earth 
is  |  full  -  |  of  thy  |  riches. 

25  So  is  the  great  and  wide  |  sea  -  |  also  II 
wherein  are  things  creeping  innumerable,  both  [ 
small  and  |  great  -  |  beasts. 

26  There  go  the  ships,  and  there  is.  |  that  Le  j 
viathan  II  whom  thou  hast  made  to  take  his  |  pas- 
time |  there  -  |  in. 

27  These  wait  |  all  up  |  on  thee  II  that  thou 
mayest  give  them  |  meat  in  |  due  -  |  season. 

28  When  thou  givest  it  them,  they  |  gather  | 
it  II  and  when  thou  openest  thy  hand,  |  they  are  | 
filled  with  |  good. 

29  AVhen  thou  hiclest  th}^  face,  |  they  are  | 
troubled  II  when  thou  takest  away  their  breath, 
they  die,  and  are  turned  a  |  gain  -  |  to  their  \ 
dust. 

30  When  thou  lettest  thy  breath  go  forth, 
they  |  shall  be  |  made  II  and  thou  shalt  re  |  new 
the  |  face  of  the  j  earth. 

31  The  glorious  Majesty  of  the  Lord  shall  en  | 
dure  for  |  ever  II  the  Lord  shall  re  |  joice  -  |  in 
his  |  works. 

32  The  earth  shall  tremble  at  the  |  look  of 
him  ||  if  he  do  but  |  touch  the  |  hills  they  shall 
smoke. 

33  I  will   sing  unto  the  Lord  as  |  long  as  7  ! 

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I)at21.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morxinq 

live  II  I  will  praise  my  God  |  while  I  |  have  my  | 
being. 

34  And  so  shall  my  |  words  -  please  him  l! 
my  |  joy  shall  |  be  in  the  |  Lord. 

35  As  for  sinners,  they  shall  be  consumed  out 
of  the  earth,  and  the  ungodly  shall  come  j  to  an  j 
end  I!  Praise  thou  the  Lord,  0  my  |  soul  -  |  Praise 
the  I  Lord. 


MORNING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  cv.     Confitemhii  Domino. 

0GIYE  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  and  call  up  |  on 
his  |  Name  II  tell  the  people  what  |  things  -  | 
he  hath  |  done. 

2  0  let  your  songs  be  of  him,  and  |  praise  -  | 
him  II  and  let  your  talking  be  of  |  all  his  j  won- 
drous |  works. 

3  Rejoice  in  his  |  holy  |  Name  II  let  the  heart 
of  them  re  |  joice  that  |  seek  the  |  Lord. 

4  Seek  the  Lord  |  and  his  |  strength  II  seek 
his  |   face  -  |  ever  |  more. 

5  Remember  the  marvellous  works  that  |  he 
hath  |  done  II  his  wonders,  and  the  |  judgments  j 
of  his  |  mouth  ; 

6  0  ye  seed  of  |  Abraham  his  |  servant  [\  ye 
children  of  |  Jacob  |  his  -  j  chosen. 

7  He  is  the  |  Lord  our  |  God  II  his  judgments  | 
are  in  |  all  the  |  world. 

8  He  hath  been  alway  mindful  of  his  |  cove- 
nant and  |  promise  II  that  he  made  to  a  |  thou- 
sand I  gener  |  ations  ; 

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Moaning.]  THE  rs ALTER.  [Day  21 

9  Even  the  covenant  that  he  |  made  with  | 
Abraham  I!  and  the  oath  that  he  |  aware  -  |  unto  I 
Isaac  ; 

10  And  appointed  the  same  unto  Jacob  j  for  a  ) 
law  ||  and  to  Israel  for  an  |  ever  |  lasting  |  testa- 
ment ; 

.11  Saying,  Unto  thee  will  I  give  the  |  land 
of  |  Canaan  II  the  |  lot  of  |  your  in  |  heritance  : 

12  When  there  were  yet  |  but  a  |  few  of 
them  II  and  they  |  strangers  |  in  the  |  land  ; 

Vd  What  time  as  they  went  from  one  nation  i 
to  an  |  other  II  from  one  kingdom  |  to  an  |  other  | 
people  ; 

14  He  suffered  no  man  to  |  do  them  |  wrong  H 
but  reproved  even  |  kings  -  |  for  their  |  sakes  ; 

15  Touch  not  |  mine  A  |  nointed  ||  and  |  do 
my  |  prophets  no  |  harm. 

16  Moreover,  he  called  for  a  dearth  up  |  on 
the  |  land  II  and  destroyed  |  ail  the  pro  J  vision 
of  I  bread. 

17  But  he  had  sent  a  |  man  be  |  fore  them  II 
even  Joseph,  who  was  sold  to  |  be  a  |  bond  -  | 
servant  ; 

18  Whose  feet  they  hurt  |  in  the  |  stocks  II  the 
iron  |  entered  |  into  his  |  soul ; 

19  Until  the  time  came  that  his  |  cause  was  | 
known  II  the  word  of  the  |  Lord  -  |  tried  |  him. 

20  The  king  sent,  and  de  |  livered  |  him  ||  the 
prince  of  the  |  people  |  let  him  go  |  free. 

21  He  made  him  lord  also  j  of  his  |  house  II 
and  |  ruler  of  |  all  his  |  substance  ; 

22  That  he  might  inform  his  princes  |  after 
his  j  will  II  and  |  teach  his  |  senators  |  wisdom. 

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Day  21.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning 

23  Israel  also  came  |  into  |  Egypt  l|  and  Jacob 
was  a  stranger  |  in  the  |  land  of  |  Ham. 

24  And  he  increased  his  |  people  ex  |  ceed- 
ingly  II  and  made  them  |  stronger  |  than  their  | 
enemies  ; 

25  Whose  heart  turned  so,  that  they  |  hated 
his  |  people  II  and  dealt  un  |  truly  j  with  his  |  ser- 
vants. 

26  Then  sent  he  |  Moses  his  |  servant  H  and 
Aaron  |  whom  -  |  he  had  |  chosen. 

27  And  these  showed  his  |  tokens  a  |  mong 
them  ||  and  wonders  |  in  the  |  land  of  |  Ham. 

28  He  sent  darkness,  |  and  it  was  |  dark  II  and 
they  were  not  o  |  bedient  |  unto  his  |  word. 

29  He  turned  their  waters  |  into  |  blood  II  and  | 
slew  -  |  their  -  |  fish. 

30  Their  land  |  brought  forth  |  frogs  ||  yea, 
even  |  in  their  |  king's'  -  |  chambers. 

31  He  spake  the  word,  and  there  came  all  | 
manner  of  |  flies  II  and  |  lice  in  |  all  their  |  quar- 
ters. 

32  He  gave  them  |  hailstones  for  |  rain  II  and  | 
flames  of  |  fire  in  their  |  land. 

33  He  smote  their  vines  |  also  and  |  fig-trees  II 
and  destroyed  the  |  trees  that  were  |  in  their  | 
coasts. 

34  He  spake  the  word,  and  the  grasshoppers 
came,  and  caterpillars  in  |  numer  |  able  II  and 
did  eat  up  all  the  grass  in  their  land,  and  devour- 
ed the  |  fruit  -  |  of  their  |  ground. 

35  He  smote  all  the  first-born  |  in  their  |  land  II 
even  the  |  chief  of  |  all  their  |  strength. 

36  He  brought   them    forth  also  with  |  silver 

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Evening.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  21 


and  |  gold  II  there  was  not  one  feeble  |  person  a  | 
mong  their  |  tribes. 

37  Egypt  was  glad  at  |  their  de  |  parting  il  for 
they  |  were  a  |  fraid  of  |  them. 

38  He  spread  out  a  cloud  to  ]  be  a  j  covering  II 
and  fire  to  give  |  light  -  |  in  the  |  night-season. 

39  At  their  desire  he  |  brought  -  |  quails  II  and 
he  filled  them  |  with  the  j  bread  of  |  heaven. 

40  He  opened  the  rock  of  stone,  and  the  |  wa- 
ters flowed  |  out  ||  so  that  rivers  |  ran  in  the  | 
dry  -  |  places. 

41  For  why  ?  he  remembered  his  |  holy  |  prom- 
ise II  and  |  Abra  |  ham  his  |  servant. 

42  And  he  brought  forth  his  |  people  with  | 
joy  II  and  his  |  cho  -  |  sen  with  |  gladness  ; 

43  And  gave  them  the  lands  |  of  the  |  lieathon  II 
and  they  took  the  labors  of  the  |  people  |  in  pos  | 
session  ; 

44  That  they  might  |  keep  his  |  statutes  II  and 
ob  I  serve  -  j  his  -  I  laws. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  cvi.      Conjitemini  Domino. 

OGIVE    thanks  unto  the   Lord;    for  |  he  is   j 
gracious  II   and   his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth   for   I 
ever. 

2  Who  can  express  the  noble  acts  |  of  the  | 
Lord  II  or  |  show  forth  |  all  his  j  praise? 

3  Blessed  are  they  that  alway  |  keep  -  |  judg- 
ment ||  and  |  do  -  |  righteous  |  ness. 

4  Remember  me,  0  Lord,  according  to  the  fa- 
vour that  thou  bearest  un  |  to  thy  |  people  ii  0 
visit  |  me  with  |  thy  sal  |  vation  ; 

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DAr  21.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Eventxo 

5  That  I  may  see  the  felicity  |  of  thy  |  chosen  || 
and  rejoice  in  the  gladness  of  thy  people,  and 
give  |  thanks  with  |  thine  in  |  heritance. 

6  We  have  sinned  |  with  our  |  fathers  II  wo 
have  done  a  |  miss,  and  |  dealt  -  |  wickedly. 

7  Oar  fathers  regarded  not  thy  wonders  in 
Egypt,  neither  kept  they  thy  great  goodness  |  in 
re  j  membrance  II  but  were  disobedient  at  the  sea,  | 
even  at  the  |  Red  -  |  Sea. 

8  Nevertheless,  he  helped  them  for  his  | 
Name's  -  j  sake  II  that  he  might  make  his  j 
power  |  to  he  |  known. 

9  He  rebuked  the  Red  Sea  also,  and  it  was  | 
dried  |  up  II  so  he  led  them  through  the  |  deep, 
as  |  through  a  |  wilderness. 

10  And  he  saved  them  from  the  |  adversary's  | 
hand  II  and  delivered  them  from  the  |  hand  -  |  of 
the  |  enemy. 

11  As  for  those  that  troubled  them,  the  wa- 
ters |  over  whelmed  them  II  there  was  not  |  one  -  | 
of  th  m  |  left. 

12  Then  believed  |  they  his  |  words  II  and 
sang  |  praise  -  j  unto  |  him. 

13  But  within  a  while  they  for  |  gat  his  | 
works  II  and  would  |  not  a  |  bide  his  |  counsel. 

14  But  lust  eame  upon  them  |  in  the  |  wilder- 
ness I  and  they  tempted  |  God  -  |  in  the  |  desert. 

15  And  he  gave  them  |  their  de  |  sire  ||  and 
sent,  leanness  with  |  al  in  |  to  their  |  soul. 

16  'lhey  angered  Moses  also  |  in  the  |  tents  II 
and  Aaron  the  |  saint  -  |  of  the  |  Lord. 

17  So  the  earth  opened,  and  |  swallowed  up  | 


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Evening.]  THE   PSALTER.  [Day  21. 

Dathan  II  and  covered  the  congre  |  gation  |  of  A  | 
birarn. 

18  And  the  fire  was  kindled  |  in  their  |  com- 
pany II  the  flame  |  burnt  -  |  up  the  un  |  godly. 

19  They  made  a  j  calf  in  j  Horeb  II  and  |  wor- 
shipped the  |  molten  |  image. 

20  Thus  they  |  turned  their  I  glory  ||  into  the 
similitude  of  a  |  calf  that  |  eateth  |  hay. 

21  And  they  forgat  |  God  their  |  Saviour  H  who 
had  done  so  |  great  -  |  things  in  |  Egypt ; 

22  Wondrous  works  in  the  |  land  of  |  Ham  II 
and  |  fearful  things  |  by  the  Red  |  Sea. 

23  So  he  said  he  would  have  destroyed  them, 
had  not  Moses  his  chosen  stood  before  him  |  in 
the  |  gap  II  to  turn  away  his  wrathful  indigna- 
tion, |  lest  he  |  should  de  |  stroy  them. 

24  Yea,  they  thought  scorn  of  that  |  pleasant  | 
land  li  and  gave  no  |  credence  un  |  to  his  | 
word  ; 

25  But  murmured  |  in  their  |  tents  II  and 
hearkened  not  unto  the  |  voice  -  |  of  the  |  Lord. 

26  Then  lift  he  up  his  |  hand  a  |  gainst  them  II 
to  over  |  throw  them  |  in  the  |  wilderness  ; 

27  To  cast  out  their  seed  a  |  mong  the  |  na- 
tions ||  and  to  |  scatter  them  |  in  the  |  lands. 

28  They  joined  themselves  unto  |  Baal  j  peor  II 
and  ate  the  |  offerings  j  of  the  |  dead. 

29  Thus  they  provoked  him  to  anger  with 
their  |  own  in  |  ventions  ||  and  the  |  plague  was  | 
great  a  |  mong  them. 

30  Then  stood  up  |  Phinees,  and  j  prayed  ? 
and  |  so  the  |  plague  -  |  ceased. 

31  And  that  was  counted  unto  him  for  |  right- 

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Dat  21.J  THE  PSALTER.  [EnjNTNCk 

eons  |  ness  II   among  all  posterities  |  for  -  |  ever  I 
more. 

32  They  angered  him  also  at  the  |  waters  of  | 
strife  ||  so  that  he  punished  |  Moses  |  for  their  j 
sakes  ; 

33  Because  they  pro  |  voked  his  |  spirit  II  so 
that  he  spake  unad  |  visedly  |  with  his  |  lips. 

34  Neither  destroyed  |  they  the  |  heathen  fi 
as  the  |  Lord  com  |  manded  |  them  ; 

35  But  were  mingled  a  |  mong  the  |  heathen  II 
and  |  learned  |  their  -  |  works. 

36  Insomuch  that  they  worshipped  their  idols, 
which  turned  to  their  |  own  de  |  cay  ||  yea,  they 
offered  their  sons  and  their  |  daughters  |  unto  | 
devils ; 

37  And  shed  innoceni  blood,  even  the  blood  oi 
their  sons  and  |  of  their  |  daughters  ||  whom  they 
offered  unto  the  idols  of  Canaan  ;  and  the  |  land 
was  de  |  filed  with  |  blood. 

38  Thus  were  they  stained  with  |  their  own  | 
works  II  and  went  a  whoring  |  with  their  |  own 
in  |  ventions. 

39  Therefore  was  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  kin- 
died  a  |  gainst  his  |  people  |]  insomuch  that  he 
ab  j  horred  his  |  own  in  j  heritance. 

40  And  he  gave  them  over  into  the  hand  |  of 
the  |  heathen  II  and  they  that  hated  them  were  | 
lords  -  |  over  |  them. 

41  Their  enemies  op  |  pressed  |  them  II  and  | 
had  them  |  in  sub  |  jection. 

42  Many  a  time  did  |  he  de  |  liver  them  H  but 
they  rebelled  against  him  with  their  own  inven- 

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MoimNv,.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Pai  22 


tions,    and    were    brought  |    down  -  |   in    their    | 
wickedness. 

43  Nevertheless,  when  he  |  saw  their  ad  | 
versity  I!  he  |  heard  -  |  their  com  |  plaint. 

44  He  thought  upon  his  covenant,  and  pitied 
them,  according  unto  the  multitude  |  of  his  | 
mercies  II  yea,  he  made  all  those  that  led  them 
away  |  captive  to  |  pity  |  them. 

45  Deliver  us,  0  Lord  our  God,  and  gather  us 
from  a  |  mong  the  |  heathen  II  that  we  may  give 
thanks  unto  thy  holy  Name,  and  make  our  | 
boast  -  |  of  thy  |  praise. 

46  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  from 
everlasting,  and  world  with  |  out  -  [  end  II  and 
let  all  the  |  people  |  say,  A  |  men. 


Tlje  £tocntii*,Scconto  Bag. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  cvii.     Covfitemini  Domino. 

OGIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  |  he  is  |  gra- 
cious II  and  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

2  Let  them  give  thanks  whom  the  Lord  | 
hath  re  |  deemed  ||  and  delivered  from  the  |  hand 
-  |  of  the  |  enemy. 

3  And  gathered  them  out  of  the  lands,  from 
the  east,  and  |  from  the  |  west  II  from  the  !  north 
and  |  from  the  |  south. 

4  They  went  astray  in  the  wilderness  j  out  of 
the  |  way  II  and  |  found  no  |  city  to  |  dwell  in. 

5  Hungry  |  and  -  |  thirsty  ||  their  |  soul  -  | 
fainted  |  in  them. 

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6  So  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  |  in  their  \ 
trouble  II  and  he  delivered  them  |  from  -  |  theii 
dis  j  tress. 

7  He  led  them  forth  by  the  |  right  -  |  way  SI 
that  they  might  go  to  the  |  city  |  where  they  | 
dwelt. 

8  0  that  men  would  therefore  praise  the  Lord  : 
for  his  |  goodness  II  and  declare  the  wonders  that 
he  doeth  |  for  the  |  children  of  |  men  ! 

9  For  ha  satisfieth  the  |  empty  |  soul  ||  and 
filleth  the  |  hungry  |  soul  with  |  goodness. 

10  Such  as  sit  in  darkness,  and  in  the  | 
shadow  of  |  death  II  being  fast  |  bound  in  |  misery 
and  |  iron. 

11  Because  they  rebelled  against  the  words  | 
of  the  |  Lord  II  and  lightly  regarded  the  counsel  | 
of  the  |  Most  -  |  Highest. 

12  He  also  brought  down  their  [  heart 
through  |  heaviness  ||  they  fell  down,  and  |  there 
was  |  none  to  |  help  them. 

13  So  when  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  |  in 
their  (  trouble  ||  he  delivered  them  |  out  of  |  their 
dis  |  tress. 

14  For  he  brought  them  out  of  darkness,  and 
out  of  the  |  shadow  of  |  death  II  and  |  brake  their  | 
bonds  in  |  sunder. 

15  0  that  men  would  therefore  praise  the 
Lord  |  for  his  |  goodness  ||  and  declare  the  won- 
ders that  he  doeth  |  for  the  |  children  of  |  men  ! 

16  For  he  hath  broken  the  |  gates  of  |  brass  D 
and  smitten  the  |  bars  of  |  iron  in  |  sunder. 

17  Foolish  men  are  plagued  for  |  their  of  | 
fence  II  and  be  |  cause  -  |  of  their  |  wickedness. 

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18  Their  soul  abhorred  all  |  manner  of  |  meat  (I 
and  they  were  even  |  hard  -  |  at  death's  |  door. 

19  So  when  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  |  in 
then  |  trouble  II  he  delivered  them  |  out  of  |  their 
dis  |  tress. 

20  He  sent  his  word,  and  |  healed  |  them  II  and 
they  were  |  saved  from  |  their  de  |  strnction. 

21  0  that  men  would  therefore  praise  the 
Lord  |  for  his  |  goodness  II  and  declare  the  won- 
ders that  he  doeth  |  for  the  |  children  of  |  men  ! 

22  That  they  would  offer  unto  him  the  sacri- 
fice of  |  thanks  -  |  giving  II  and  tell  |  out  his  | 
works  with  |  gladness  ! 

23  They  that  go  down  to  the  |  sea  in  |  ships  1 
and  occupy  their  |  business  |  in  great  |  waters  ; 

24  These  men  see  the  |  works  of  the  |  Lord  II 
and  his  |  wonders  |  in  the  |  deep. 

25  For  at  his  word  the  stormy  |  wind  a  |  riseth  f! 
which  lifteth  |  up  the  |  waves  there  j  of. 

26  They  are  carried  up  to  the  heaven,  and 
down  again  |  to  the  |  deep  (I  their  soul  melteth 
away  be  |  cause  -  |  of  the  |  trouble. 

27  They  reel  to  and  fro,  and  stagger  like  a  | 
drunken  |  man  ||  and  are  |  at  their  |  wit's  -  |  end. 

28  So  when  they  cry  unto  the  Lord  |  in  their 
trouble  ||  he  delivereth  them  |  out  of  |  their  dis 
tress. 

29  For  he  maketh  the  |  storm  to  |  cease  II  so 
that  the  |  waves  there  |  of  are  |  still. 

30  Then  are  they  glad,  because  they  |  are  at 
rest  ||  and  so  he  bringeth  them  unto  the  |  haven  I 
where  they  |  would  be. 

31  0  that    men  would    therefore    praise    the 

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Lord  |  for  his  |  goodness    II    and  declare  the  won- 
ders that  he  doeth  |  for  the  |  children  of  |  men! 

32  That  they  would  exalt  him  also  in  the  con- 
gregation |  of  the  |  people  II  and  praise  him  in 
the  |  seat  -  |  of  the  |  elders  ! 

33  Who  turneth  the  floods  in  |  to  a  |  wilder- 
ness II  and  drieth  |  up  the  |  water  |  springs. 

34  A  fruitful  land  |  maketh  he  |  barren  II  for 
the  wickedness  of  |  them  that  |  dwell  there  |  in. 

35  Again,  he  maketh  the  wilderness  a  |  stand- 
ing |  .vater  II  and  water-springs  |  of  a  |  dry  -  | 
ground. 

36  And  there  he  |  setteth  the  |  hungry  ||  that 
they  may  |  build  them  a  |  city  to  |  dwell  in. 

37  That  they  may  sow  their  land,  and  ] 
plant  -  |  vineyards  II  to  |  yield  them  |  fruits  of  I 
increase. 

38  He  blesseth  them,  so  that  they  multi  |  ply 
3X  |  ceedingly  II  and  sufFereth  not  their  |  cattle  | 
to  de  |  crease. 

39  And  again,  when  they  are  minished  and  | 
brought  -  |  low  II  through  oppression,  through  | 
any  |  plague  or  |  trouble  ; 

40  Though  he  suffer  them  to  be  evil-entreated  | 
through  -  |  tyrants  ||  and  let  them  wander  out  of 
the  |  way  -  |  in  the  |  wilderness  ; 

41  Yet  helpeth  he  the  poor  |  out  of  |  misery  || 
and  maketh  him  households  |  like  a  |  flock  of  | 
sheep. 

42  The  righteous  will  consider  this,  |  and  re  | 
joice  II  and  the  mouth  of  all  |  wickedness  |  shall 
be  |  stopped 

43  AVhoso  is  wise,  will  |  ponder  these  |  things  8 

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and  they  shall  understand  the  loving  |  kindness 
of  the  |  Lord. 


EVE  XING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  cviii.     Paratum  cor  meiirn. 

OGOD,    my  heart  is    ready,   my    |   heart    is    | 
ready  I!  I  will  sing,  and   give   praise  with  the 
.best  |  member  |  that  I  |  have. 

2  Awake,  thou  |  lute  and  |  harp  II  I  myself  | 
will  a  |  wake  right  |  early. 

3  I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee,  0  Lord,  a  I 
mong  the  |  people  ||  I  will  sing  praises  unto  | 
thee    a  |  mong  the  |  nations. 

4  For  thy  mercy  is  greater  |  than  the  j  heav- 
ens ||  and  thy  truth  reacheth  |  un  -  |  to  the  | 
clouds. 

5  £et  up  thyself,  0  God,  a  |  bove  the  |  heav- 
ens ||  and  thy  |  glory  a  |  bove  all  the  |  earth  ; 

6  That  thy  beloved  may  |  be  de  |  livered  II  let 
thy  right  hand  save  them,  and  |  hear  -  |  thou  -  | 
me. 

7  God  hath  spoken  |  in  his  |  holiness  II  I  will 
rejoice  therefore,  and  divide  Siehem,  and  mete  | 
out  the  |  valley  of  j  Suecoth. 

8  Gilead  is  mine,  and  Ma  |  nasses  is  |  mine  II 
Ephraim  also  is  the  |  strength  -  |  of  my  |  head  ; 

9  Judah  is  my  law-giver  ;  Moab  |  is  my  | 
wash-pot  ||  over  Edorn  will  I  cost  out  my  shoe: 
upon  Phi  I  iistia  |  will  I  |  triumph. 

10  Who  will  lead  me  into  the  |  strong  -  |  city  tl 
and  who  will  |  bring  me  |  into  |  Edom  ? 

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11  Hast  not  thou  forsaken  us,  |  0  -  |  God  II  and 
wilt  not  thou,  0  God,  go  |  forth  -  |  with  our  | 
hosts  ? 

12  0  help  us  a  |  gainst  the  |  enemy  II  for  |  vain 
is  the  (  help  of  |  man. 

13  Through  God  we  shall  |  do  great  |  acts  I; 
and  it  is  he  that  shall  |  tread  -  |  down  our  |  ene- 
mies. 

Psalm  cix.     Deus  laudurn. 

HOLD  not  thy  tongue,  0  God  |  of  my  |  praise  II 
for  the  mouth  of  the  ungodly,  yea,  the  mouth 
of  the  deceitful  |  is  -  [  opened  up  |  on  me. 

2  And  they  have  spoken  against  me  with  | 
false  -  |  tongues  ||  they  compassed  me  about  also 
with  words  of  hatred,  and  fought  a  |  gainst  me 
with  |  out  a  |  cause. 

3  For  the  love  that  1  had  unto  them,  lo,  they 
take  now  my  |  contrary  |  part  II  but  I  give  my  | 
self  -  |  unto  |  prayer. 

4  Thus  have  they  rewarded  me  |  evil  for  | 
good  II  and  |  hatred  for  |  my  good  |  will. 

5  Set  thou  an  ungodly  man  to  be  |  ruler  |  over 
him  ||  and  let   Satan  |  stand  at  |  his  right  |  hand. 

6  When  sentence  is  given  upon  him,  let  him  j 
be  con  |  demned  ||  and  let  his  prayer  be  |  turned  | 
into  |  sin. 

7  Let  his  |  days  be  |  few  II  and  let  an  |  other  ' 
take  his  |  office. 

8  Let  his  |  children  be  |  fatherless  Hand  |  his-  \ 
wife  a  |  widow. 

9  Let  his  children  be  vagabonds,  and  |  beg 
their  |  bread  II  let  them  seek  it  also  |  out  of  |  deso- 
late |  places. 

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gvKVrac]  "    THE  PSALTER.  [Day  22 

10  Let  the  extortioner  consume  |  ail  that  he  i 
hath  II  and  let  the  |  stranger  j  spoil  his  |  labour. 

11  Let  there  be  no  man  to  |  pity  |  him  II  nor 
to  have  compassion  up  |  on  his  |  fatherless  |  chil- 
dren. 

12  Let  his  posterity  |  be  de  |  stroyed  ||  and  in 
the  next  generation  let  his  |  name  be  |  clean  put  | 
out. 

13  Let  the  wickedness  of  his  fathers  be  had  in 
remembrance  in  the  sight  |  of  the  |  Lord  II  and 
let  not  the  sin  of  his  |  mother  be  |  done  a  |  way. 

14  Let  them  alway  be  be  |  fore  the  |  Lord  || 
that  he  may  root  out  the  memorial  |  of  them  | 
from  off  the  |  earth  ; 

15  And  that,  because  his  mind  was  not  |  to 
do  |  good  ||  but  persecuted  the  poor  helpless  man, 
that  he  might  slay  him  that  was  |  vexed  |  at  the  | 
heart. 

16  His  delight  was  in  cursing,  and  it  shall 
happen  |  unto  |  him  ||  he  loved  not  blessing, 
therefore  |  shall  it  I  be  far  |  from  him. 

17  He  clothed  himself  with  cursing  like  as  | 
with  a  |  raiment  II  and  it  shall  come  into  his 
bowels  like  water,  and  like  |  oil  in  |  to  his  |  bones. 

18  Let  it  be  unto  him  as  the  cloak  that  he  | 
hath  up  |  on  him  I!  and  as  the  girdle  that  he  is  j 
always  |  girded  with  |  a!. 

19  Let  it  thus  happen  from  the  Lord  un  |  to 
mine  |  enemies  II  and  to  those  that  speak  |  evil 
a  |  gainst  my  |  soul. 

20  But  deal  thou  with  me,  0  Lord  God,  ac- 
cording un  j  to  thy  |  Name  II  for  |  sweet  -  J  is 
thy  |  mercy. 

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Da*  S3.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morning. 

21  0  deliver  me,  for  I  am  |  helpless  and  \ 
poor  ||  and  my  heart  is  |  wound  -  |  ed  with  |  in  me. 

22  1  go  hence  like  the  shadow  |  that  de  |  part- 
eth  II  and  am  driven  a  |  way  -  |  as  the  |  grasshopper. 

23  My  knees  are  |  weak  through  |  fasting  H 
my  flesh  is  dried  |  up  for  |  want  of  |  fatness. 

24  I  became  also  a  reproach  |  unto  |  them  II 
they  that  looked  up  |  on  me  |  shaked  their  | 
heads. 

25  Help  me,  0  |  Lord  my  |  God  II  0  save  me 
ac  |  cording  |  to  thy  |  mercy  ; 

26  And  they  shall  know  how  that  this  is  | 
thy  -  |  hand  II  and  that  |  thou,  -  |  Lord,  hast  | 
done  it. 

27  Though  they  curse,  yet  |  bless  -  |  thou  || 
and  let  them  be  confounded  that  rise  up  against 
me  ;  but  |  let  thy  |  servant  re  |  joice. 

2  b'  Let  mine  adversaries  be  |  clothed  with  | 
shame  II  and  let  them  cover  themselves  whh  their 
own  con  |  fusion,  as  |  with  a  |  cloak. 

29  As  for  me,  I  will  give  great  thanks  unto  the 
Lord  |  with  my  |  month  ||  and  praise  |  him  a  I 
mong  the  |  multitude  ; 

30  For  he  shall  stand  at  the  right  hand  |  of 
the  |  poor  II  to  save  his  soul  |  from  un  |  righteous  | 
judges. 

£!;e  Etocntg*8Tl)frti  33<m 

MORNIKG  PRAYER. 
Psalm  ex.     Dixit  Domlnns. 

THE  Lord  said  un  |  to  my  |   Lord  II  Sit  thou  on 
my  right  hand,  until  I  make  thine  |  enemies  | 
thy  -  |  footstool. 

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2  The  Lord  shall  send  the  rod  of  thy  power  | 
out  of  |  Sion  ||  be  thou  ruler,  even  in  the  |  midst 
a  |  mong  thine  |  enemies. 

3  In  the  day  of  thy  power  shall  the  people  offc  r 
thee  free-will  offerings  with  an  |  holy  |  worship  I! 
the  dew  of  thy  birth  is  |  of  the  |  womb  of  the  | 
morning. 

4  The  Lord  sware,  and  will  |  not  re  |  pent  || 
Thou  art  a  Priest  for  ever,  after  the  |  order  j  of 
Mel  |  chizedech. 

5  The  Lord  upon  |  thy  right  |  hand  ||  shall 
wound  even  kings  in  the  |  day  -  |  of  his  j  wrath. 

6  He  shall  judge  among  the  heathen  ;  he  shall 
fl1!  the  places  |  with  the  dead  |  bodies  ||  and  smite 
in  sunder  the  heads  |  over  |  divers  |  countries. 

7  He  shall  drink  of  the  brook  |  in  the  |  way  B 
therefore  |  shall  he  |  lilt  up  his  |  head. 

Psalm  cxi.     Gonfitebor  tibi. 

IAVILL  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord  with  my   |j 
whole  -  |  heart  II  secretly   among  the   faithful, 
and  |  in  the  |  congre  |  gation. 

2  The  works  of  the  |  Lord  are  |  great  II  sought 
out  of  all  them  |  that  have  |  pleasure  there  |  in. 

3  His  work  is  worthy  to  be  praised  and  |  had 
in  |  honour  II  and  his  righteousness  en  |  dureth  | 
for  -  |  ever. 

4  The  merciful  and  gracious  Lord  hath  so 
done  his  |  marvellous  |  works  II  that  they  ought  to 
be  |  had  -  \  in  re  |  membrance. 

5  He  hath  given  meat  unto  |  them  that  |  fear 
him  ||  he  shall  ever  be  |  mindful  |  of  his  |  cove- 
nant. 

6  He  hath  showed  his   people  the   power  |  of 

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his  |  works  1!  that  he  may  give  them  the  j  heri- 
tage I  of  the  |  heathen. 

7  The  works  of  his  hands  are  verity  |  and  -  | 
judgment  ||  all  his  com  |  mand  -  |  ments  are  | 
true. 

8  They  stand  fast  for  |  ever  and  |  ever  II  and 
are  |  dona  in  |  truth  and  |  equity. 

9  He  sent  redemption  mi  j  to  his  |  people  II  he 
hath  commanded  his  covenant  for  ever;  holy  and  | 
reverend  j  is  his  |  Name. 

10  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  be  \  ginning  of  | 
wisdom  I  a  good  understanding  have  all  they  that 
do  thereafter  ;  the  praise  of  it  en  |  dureth  |  for  -  | 
ever. 

Psalm  cxil     Beat  as  vir. 

BLESSED  is  the  man  that  |  feareth  the  |  Lord  D 
he  hath  great  de  |  light  in  |  his  com  |  rnand- 
ments. 

2  His  seed  shall  be  |  mighty  upon  |  earth  II 
the  generation  of  the  |  faithful  j  shall  be  |  blessed. 

3  Riches  and  plenteousness  shall  be  |  in  his  | 
house  ||  and  his  righteousness  en  j  dureth  fur  -  | 
ever. 

4  Unto  the  godly  there  ariseth  up  light  |  in 
the  |  darkness  II  he  is  merciful,  j  loving,  j  and  -  j 
righteous. 

5  A  good  man  is  merciful,  |  and  -  |  lendcth  fi 
and  will  guide  his  |  words  -  |  with  dis  |  cretion. 

b'  For  he  shall  [  never  be  j  moved  li  and  the 
righteous  shall  be  had  in  j  ever  |  lasting  re  | 
membrance. 

7  He  will  not  be  afraid  of  any  |  evil  |  tidings  [j 


Mormno.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Day  23. 

for  his  heart  standeth  fast,  and   be  |  lieveth  |  in 
the  |  Lord. 

8  His  heart  is  stablished,  and  |  will  not  j 
shrink  ||  until  he  see  his  de  |  sire  up  |  on  his  I 
enemies. 

9  He  hath  dispersed  abroad,  and  given  |  to 
the  |  poor  ||  and  his  righteousness  remaineth  for 
ever;  his  horn  shall  |  be  ex  |  alted  with  |  honour. 

10  The  ungodly  shall  see  it,  and  |  it  shall 
grieve  |  him  II  he  shall  gnash  with  his  teeth,  and 
consume  away  ;  the  desire  of  the  un  j  godly  | 
shall  -  i  perish. 

Psalm  cxiii      Zaudate,  pueri. 

PRAISE  the   |    Lord,   ye  |  servants   II    0   praise 
the  |  Name  -  j  "nf  the  |  Lord. 

2  Blessed  be  the  |  Name  of  the  |  Lord  II  from 
this  rime  |  forth  for  |  ever  |  more. 

3  The  Lord's  |  Name  is  |  praised  II  from  the 
rising  up  of  the  sun  unto  the  |  going  |  down  of 
the   |   same. 

4  The  Lord  is  high  a  |  bove  all  |  heathen  II  and 
his  |  glory  a  |  bove  the  |  heavens. 

5  Who  is  like  unto  the  Lord  onr  God,  that 
hath  his  |  dwelling  so  |  high  ||  and  yet  humbtath 
himself  to  behold  the  things  that  |  are  in  |  heaven 
and  I  earth  ! 

6  He  taketh  up  the  simple  out  |  of  the  |  dust  || 
and  lifteth  the  |  poor  -  |  out  of  the  \  mire ; 

7  That  he  may  set  him  |  with  the  |  princes  H 
even  with  the  j  princes  |  of  his  |  people. 

8  He  maketh  the  barren  woman  to  |  keep  -  | 
house  li  and  to  be  a  j  joyful  |  mother  of  |  children. 

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Day  23]  THE    PSALTER.  [Evbntwq 

EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  cxiv.     Li  ex'itu  Israel. 

WHEN  Israel  came  |  oat  of  |   Egypt  II  and  the 
'V    house  of  Jacob  from  a  |  mong  the  |  strange  -  | 
people, 

Judah  |  was  his  |  sanctuary  I!  and  |  Israel  |  his 
do  |  minion. 

3  The  sea  saw  |  that,  and  |  fled  II  Jordan  | 
was  -  |  driven  |  back. 

4  The  mountains  |  skipped  like  |  rams  II  and 
the  little  |  hills  like  |  young  -  |  sheep. 

5  What  aileth  thee,  0  thou  sea.  |  that  thou 
fleddest  II  and  thou  Jordan,  that  |  thou  wast 
driven  |  back  ? 

6  Ye  mountains,  that  ye  |  skipped  like  |  rams  II 
and  ye  little  |  hills,  like  |  young  -  |  sheep? 

7  Tremble,  thou  earth,  at  the  presence  |  of 
the  |  Lord  li  at  the  presence  |  of  the  |  God  of  | 
Jacob  ; 

8  Who  turned  the  hard  rock  into  a  |  standing  | 
water  II  and  the  flint-stone  in  |  to  a  |  springing  | 
well. 

Psalm  cxv.     Non  nobis,  Domine. 

NOT  unto  us,  0    Lord,  not  unto  us,  but  unto 
thy  Name  |  give  the  |  praise  ||  for  thy  loving 
mercy,  and  |  for  thy  |  truth's  -  |  sake. 

2  Wherefore  shall  the  |  heathen  |  say  II  Where  I 
-  is  |  now  their  |  God  ? 

3  As  for  our  God,  |  he  is  in  |  heaven  II  he  hath 
done  whatso  |  ever  |  pleased  I  him. 

4  Their  idols  are  |  silver  and  |  gold  II  even 
the  |  work  of  |  men's  -  |  hands. 

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5  They  have  |  mouths,  and  |  speak  not  ||  eyes  | 
have  they  |  and  -  |  see  not. 

6  They  have  |  ears  and  |  hear  not  II  noses  | 
have  they,  |  and  -  |  smell  not. 

7  They  have  hands,  and  handle  not;  feet  j 
have  they,  and  |  walk  not  II  neither  |  speak  they  | 
through  their  |  throat. 

8  They  that  make  them  are like  |  unto  |  them  H 
and  so  are  all  |  such  as  |  put  their  |  trust  in 
them. 

9  Bnt  thou,  house  of  Israel,  trust  |  thou  in 
the  |  Lord  II  he  is  their  |  succour  |  and  de  |  fence. 

10  Ye  house  of  Aaron,  put  your  trust  |  in  the  | 
Lord  ||  he  is  their  |  helper  |  and  de  |  fender. 

11  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  put  your  trust  |  in 
the  |  Lord  ||  he  is  their  |  helper  |  and  de  |  fender. 

12  The  Lord  hath  heen  mindful  of  us,  and  |  he 
shall  |  hless  us  II  even  he  shall  bless  the  house  of 
Israel,  he  shall  \  bless  the  |  house  of  |  Aaron. 

13  He  shall,  bless  them  that  |  fear  the  |  Lord  II 
both  |  small  -  |  and  -  |  great. 

14  The  Lord  shall  increase  you  |  more  and  | 
more  II  you  |  and  -  |  your  -  |  children. 

15  Ye  are  the  blessed  |  of  the  |  Lord  I!  who  | 
made  -  |  heaven  and  |  earth. 

.  16  All  the  whole  heavens  |  are  the  |  Lord's  II 
the  earth  hath  he  given  |  to  the  |  children  of  I 
men. 

17  The  dead  praise  not  |  thee,  0  |  Lord  | 
neither  all  they  that  go     down  -  |  into  |  silence. 

18  But  we  will  |  praise  the  |  Lord  II  from  this 
time  forth  for  evermore.  |  Praise  -  |  -  the  |  Lord. 


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&\)z  8rtornt»*JFourt6  50  a». 

MORNING  PRAYEK. 
Psalm  cxvi.     Dilexi,  quoniam. 

I  AM  |  well  -  |  pleased   ||    that  the   Lord   hath 
heard  the  |  voiee  -  |  of  my  |  prayer  ; 

2  That  he  hath  inclined  his  ear  |  unto  j  me  R 
therefore  will  I  call  upon  him  as  |  long  -  |  as  I  |  live. 

3  The  snares  of  death  compassed  me  |  round 
a  |  bout  ||  and  the  pains  of  |  hell  gat  |  hold  up  | 
on  me. 

4  I  shall  find  trouble  and  heaviness,  and  I  will 
call  upon  the  |  Name  of  the  |  Lord  II  0  Lord,  I 
beseech  |  thee,  de  |  liver  my  |  soul. 

5  Gracious  is  the  |  Lord,  and  |  righteous  II 
yea,  |  our  -  |  God  is  |  merciful. 

0  The  Lord  pre  |  serveth  the  |  simple  II  I  was 
in  misery  |  and  he  |  helped  |  me. 

7  Turn  again  then  unto  thy  rest,  |  0  my  |  soul  || 
for  the  Lord  |  hath  re  |  warded  |  thee. 

8  And  why  ?  thou  hast  delivered  my  |  soul 
from  |  death  II  mine  eyes  from  tears,  |  and  my  | 
feet  from  |  falling. 

9  I  will  walk  be  |  fore  the  |  Lord  II  in  the  | 
land  -  |  of  the  |  living. 

10  I  believed,  and  therefore  will  I  speak  ;  but 
I  was  j  sore  -  |  troubled  ||  I  said  in  my  haste,  | 
All  -  |  men  are  |  liars. 

11  What  reward  shall  I  give  un  |  to  the  j 
Lord  II  for  all  the  benefits  that  he  hath  |  done  ■  I 
unto  |  me? 

12  I  will  receive  the  cup  |  of  sal  |  vation  II  and 
call  upon  the  |  Name  -  |  of  the  j  Lord. 

13  I  will  pay  my  vows  now  in  the  presence  of 

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all  his  |  people  II  right  dear  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord  is  the  |  death  -  |  of  his  |  saints. 

14  Behold,  0  Lord,  how  that  |  I  am  thy  |  ser- 
vant J]  I  am  thy  servant,  and  the  son  of  thy  hand- 
maid ;  thou  hast  j  broken  my  |  bonds  in  |  sunder. 

15  I  will  offer  to  thee  the  sacrifice  of  |  thanks  -  | 
giving  II  and  will  call  upon  the  |  Name  -  |  of  the  | 
Lord. 

16  I  will  pay  my  vows  unto  the  Lord,  in  the 
sight  of  |  all  his  |  people  II  in  the  courts  of  the 
Lord's  house;  even  in  the  midst  of  thee,  0  Je- 
rusalem. |  Praise  -  |  -  the  |  Lord. 

Psalm  cxvii.     Laudate  Dominion. 

OPRATSB     the     Lord,    |   ail    ye    |   heathen   I] 
praise  |  him,  -  |  all  ye  |  nations. 
2  For  his  merciful  kindness  is  ever  more  and  | 
more  to  |  wards  us  ||  and  the  truth  of  the  Lord 
endnreth  for  ever.  |  Praise  -  |  -  the  |  Lord. 

Psalm  cxviii.     Confitemini  Domino. 

OGIVE    thanks    unto    the    Lord,  for  |  he  is   | 
gracious   II    because   his    |  mercy   en  |  dureth 
for  |  ever. 

2  Let   Israel    now    confess    that  |  he   is  |  gra- 
cious Hand  that  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 
-3  Let   the   house  of  Aaron  |  now  con  |  fess  II 
that  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

4  Yea,  let  them  now  that  fear  the  |  Lord  con  | 
fess  II  that  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

5  I  called  upon  the  I  Lord  in  |  trouble  ||  and 
t  lie  Lord  |  heard  -  ]  me  at  |  large. 

G  Tho  Lord  is  on  |  my  -  |  side  II  I  will  not  fear 
what  man  |  doeth  |  unto  |  me. 
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7  The  Lord  taketh  my  part  with  |  them  that  | 
help  me  II  therefore  shall  I  see  my  de  j  sire  up  | 
on  mine  |  enemies. 

8  It  is  better  to  trust  |  in  the  |  Lord  II  than  to 
put  any  |  conn"  |  dence  in  |  man. 

9  It  is  better  to  trust  |  in  the  |  Lord  ||  than  to 
put  any  |  conn    dence  in  |  princes. 

10  All  nations  compassed  me  |  round  a  |  bout  || 
but  in  the  Name  of  the  |  Lord  will  |  I  de  |  stroy 
them. 

11  They  kept  me  in  on  every  side,  they  kept 
me  in,  I  say,  on  |  every  |  side  I!  but  in  the  Name 
of  the  |  Lord  will  |  I  de  |  stroy  them. 

12  They  came  about  me  like  bees,  and  are  ex- 
tinct even  as  the  fire  a  |  mong  the  |  thorns  II  for 
in  the  Name  of  the  |  Lord  I  |  will  de  |  stroy 
them. 

13  Thou  hast  thrust  sore  at  me,  that  |  1 
might  |  fall  ||  but  the  |  Lord  -  |  was  my  |  help. 

14  The  Lord  is  my  strength,  j  and  my  |  song  || 
and  is  be  |  come  -  |  my  sal  |  vation. 

15  The  voice  of  joy  and  health  is  in  the  dwell- 
ings |  of  the  |  righteous  II  the  right  hand  of  the 
Lord  bringeth  |  mighty  |  things  to  |  pass. 

16  The  right  hand  of  the  Lord  hath  |  the  pre  | 
eminence  II  the  right  hand  of  the  Lord  bringeth  j 
mighty  |  things  to  |  pass. 

17  I  shall  not  |  die  but  |  live  ||  and  declare 
the  i  works  -  |  of  the  |  Lord. 

18  The  Lord  hath  chastened  and  cor  |  rected  I 
me  II  but  he  hath  not  given  me  \  over  |  unto  j 
death. 

19  Open   me  the   |   gates   of  |  righteousness  I 

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that  I  may  go  into  them,  and  give  |  thanks  un  | 
to  the  j  Lord. 

20  This  is  the  gate  |  of  the  |  Lord  II  the  right- 
eons  shall  |  enter  |  into  it. 

21  I  will  thank  thee  ;  for  |  thou  hast  |  heard 
me  ||  and  art  be  |  come  -  |  my  sal  |  vation. 

22  The  same  stone  which  the  I  builders  re  | 
fused  II  is  become  the  |  head-stone  j  in  the  |  cor- 
ner. 

23  This  is  the  |  Lord's  -  ]  doing  II  and  it  is  | 
marvellous  |  in  our  |  eyes. 

24  This  is  the  day  which  the  |  Lord  hath  | 
made  ||  we  will  rejoice  |  and  be  |  glad  in  |  it. 

25  Help  me  |  now,  0  |  Lord,  II  0  Lord  |  send 
us  |  now  pros  |  perity. 

26  Blessed  be  he  that  cometh  in  the  |  Name 
of  the  |  Lord  j|  we  have  wished  you  good  luck, 
ye  that  are  of  the  |  house  -  |  of  the  |  Lord. 

27  God  is  the  Lord,  who  hath  I  showed  us  f 


light 

II  bind  the 

sacrifice  • 

with  cordi 

$,  yea 

,  even. 

unto  the  |  horns 

-  |  of  the  | 

altar. 

28 

Thou    art 

my    God, 

and  | 

I 

will  | 

thank 

thee 

II  thou  art 

my  God, 

|  and  - 

|I 

will  | 

praise 

thee. 

29 

0  give   thanks  unto  the  Lord  ; 

for  1 

he  is  | 

gracious  II  and  his  |  mercy 

en  |  d 

ureth  for 

|  ever. 

B 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  cxix.     Beati  hnmaculati. 

LES^ED   are    those    that   are    undefiled  |  in 
the  |  way  II  and  walk  in  the  j  law  -  I  of  the  ' 


Lord. 

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2  Blessed  are  they  that  |  keep  his  |  testimo- 
nies II  and  seek  him  |  with  their  |  whole  -  |  heart. 

3  For  they  who  |  do  no  |  wickedness  !!  walk  | 
in  -  |  his  -  |  ways. 

4  Thou  j  hast  -  |  charged  II  that  we  shall  dili- 
gently |  keep  -  |  thy  com  |  mandments. 

5  0  that  my  ways  were  made  |  so  di  |  rect  II 
that  |  I  might  |  keep  thy  |  statutes  ! 

6  >So  shall  I  not  |  be  con  |  founded  II  while  I 
have  respect  unto  |  all  -  |  thy  com  |  mandments. 

7  I  will  thank  thee  with  an  un  |  feigned  | 
heart  II  when  I  shall  have  learned  the  |  judg- 
ments |  of  thy  |  righteousness. 

8  I  will  |  keep  thy  |  ceremonies  II  0  for  j  sake 
-  |  me  not  |  utterly. 

In  quo  corriget  ? 

WHEREWITHAL  yha11  a  y°ung  man  I  cleanse 
VV     his  |  way  II  even  by  ruling  him  |  self  -  |  after 
thy  |  word. 

2  With  my  whole  heart  |  have  I  |  sought  thee  l| 
0  let  me  not  go  wrong  |  out  of  |  thy  com  |  mand- 
ments ! 

3  Thy  words  have  I  hid  with  |  in  my  |  heart  \ 
that  I  [  should  not  |  sin  a  |  gainst  thee. 

4  Blessed  art  |  thou,  0  |  Lord  [|  0  |  teach  -  |  me 
thy  j  statutes  ! 

5  With  my  lips  have  I  I  been  |  telling  SI  of  all 
the  |  judgments  |  of  thy  j  month. 

6  I  have  had  as  great  delight  in  the  way  |  ol 
thy  |  testimonies  II  as  in  |  all  -  |  manner  of  | 
riches. 

7  I  will  talk  of  |  thy  com  |  mandments  II  and 
have  re  |  spect  un  |  to  thy  |  ways. 

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8  My  delight  shall  be  |  in  thy  I  statutes  II  and 
I  will  |  not  for  |  get  thy  |  word. 

Retribue  servo  two. 

OPO  well  un  I  to  thy  j  servant  ||  that  I  may  | 
live,  and  |  keep  thy  |  word, 

2  Open  |  thou  mine  |  eyes  ||  that  I  may  see 
the  |  wondrous  |  things  of  thy  |  law. 

3  I  am  a  |  stranger  upon  |  earth  ||  0  hide  not  | 
thy  com  |  mandments  |  from  me  ! 

4  My  soul  breaketh  out  for  the  very  |  fervent 
do  |  sire  II  that  it  hath  |  alway  un  |  to  thy  |  judg- 
ments. 

5  Thou  hast  re  |  buked  the  |  proud  II  and 
cursed  are  they  that  do  |  err  from  |  thy  com  | 
mandments. 

6  0  turn  from  me  shame  |  and  re  |  buke  II  for  | 
I  have  |  kept  thy  |  testimonies. 

7  Princes  also  did  sit  and  |  speak  a  |  gainst 
me  II  but  thy  servant  is  |  occupied  |  in  thy  |  stat- 
utes. 

8  For  thy  testimonies  are  |  my  de  |  light  II 
and  |  my  -  |  counsel  |  lors. 

Adlicesit  pavhnento. 

MY  soul  cleaveth  |  to   the  |  dust  II  0  quicken 
thou  me,  ac  |  cording  |  to  thy  |  word. 

2  I  have  acknowledged  my  ways,  and  thou  | 
heardest  |  me  ||  0  |  teach  -  |  me  thy  |  statutes  ! 

3  Make  me  to  understand  the  way  of  |  thy 
com  |  mandments  |]  and  so  shall  I  talk  |  of  thy  j 
wondrous  |  works. 

4  My    soul   melteth    away    for  |  very  |  heavi- 

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ness  II  comfort  thou  me  ac  |  cording  |  unto  thy  | 
word. 

5  Take  from  me  the  |  way  of  |  lying  II  and 
cause  thou  me  to  make  |  much  -  |  of  thy  |  law. 

6  I  have  chosen  the  |  way  of  |  truth  il  and  thy 
judgments  |  have  I  |  laid  be  |  fore  me. 

7  I  have  stuck  un  |  to  thy  |  testimonies  II  0  | 
Lord,  con  |  found  me  |  not  ! 

8  I  will  run  the  way  of  |  thy  com  |  mand- 
ments  II  when  thou  hast  |  set  my  |  heart  at  | 
liberty. 


2Ti)c  8toentj>«9fftt  33<m 
MORNING  PRAYER. 

Legem  pone. 

TEACH  me,  0  Lord,  the  way  |  of  thy    statutes  II 
and  T  shall  |  keep  it  |  unto  the  |  end. 

2  Give  me   understanding,  and  I  shall  |  keep 
thy  |  law  II  yea,  I  shall  keep  it  |  with  my  |  whole 

-  j  heart. 

3  Make   me  to  go  in  the   path  of  |  thy  com  | 
mand ments  II  for  there  |  in  is  |  my  de  |  sire. 

4  Incline    mine    heart    un  |  to    thy  |  testimo- 
nies II  and  |  not  to  |  covetous  |  n*ss. 

5  0  turn  away  mine  eyes,  lest  they  be  |  hold 

-  |  vanity  ||  and  quicken  |  thou  me  |  in  thy  |  way. 

G  0    stablish    thy    word  |  in     thy  |  servant    II 
that  (  I  may  |  fear  -  |  thee. 

7  Take  away  the  rebuke  that  T  |  am  a  |  fraid 
of  II  for  thy  |  judg  -  |  ments  are  |  good. 

8  Behold,  my  delight  is  in  |  thy  com  |  mand- 
ments  ||  0  |  quicken  me  |  in  thy  |  righteousness. 

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Et  veniat  super  vie. 

LET  thy  loving  mercy  come  also  unto  |  me,  O  ] 
Lord  il  even  thy  salvation,  ac  j  cording  |  unto 
thy  |  word. 

2  So  shall  I  make  answer  unto  |  my  bias  | 
phemers  II  for  my  |  trust  is  |  in  thy  |  word. 

-1  0  take  not  the  word  of  thy  truth  utterly 
out  |  of  my  |  mouth  II  for  my  |  hope  is  |  in  thy  | 
judgments. 

4  So  shall  I  alway  |  keep  thy  |  law  II  yea,  | 
for  -  |  ever  and  |  ever. 

5  And  I  will  |  walk  at  |  liberty  II  for  I  |  seek 
-  |  thy  com  |  mandments. 

6  I  will  speak  of  thy  testimonies  also,  |  even 
before  |  kings  II  and  |  will  not  |  be  a  j  shamed. 

7  And  my  delight  shall  be  in  |  thy  com  | 
man  lments  II  which  |  I  -  |  have  -  |  loved. 

S  My  hands  also  will  1  lift  up  unto  thy  com- 
mandments,  which  j  I  have  |  loved  ii  and  my  | 
study  shall  |  be  in  thy  |  statutes. 

Memor  esto  servi  tui. 

0   THINK   upon   thy   servant,    as  con  |  cerning 
thy  |  word    II   wherein  thou  hast  caused  |  me 
to  |  put  my  |  trust. 

2  The  same  is  my  comfort  |  in  my  |  trouble  Ii 
for  thy  j  word  hath  |  quickened  |  me. 

3  The  proud  have  had  me  exceedingly  |  in  de  | 
rision  !l  yet  have  I  not  |  shrinked  |  from  thy  | 
law. 

4  For  I  remembered  thine  everlasting  judg- 
ments, |  0  -  |  Lord  II  and  |  re  -  |  ceived  |  comfort. 

5  I  am  |  horribly  a  |  fraid  ||  for  the  ungodly  | 
that  for  |  sake  thy  |  law. 

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6  Thy  statutes  have  |  been  my  |  songs  Si  m 
the  |  house  -  |  of  my  |  pilgrimage. 

7  I  have  thought  upon  thy  Name,  0  Lord  in 
the  |  night  -  [  season  ||  and  |  have  -  |  kept  thy  | 
law. 

8  This  |  -  I  |  had  II  because  I  |  kept  -  |  thy 
com  I  mandments. 


Portio  mea,  Dornine. 

HOU   art  my  |  portion,  0   |    Lord   II   I  have 


T 

JL    promised  to  |  keep  thy  |  law. 

2  I  made  my  humble  petition  in  thy  presence 
with  my  |  whole  -  |  heart  II  0  be  merciful  unto 
me,  ac  |  cording  |  to  thy  |  word. 

3  I  called  mine  own  ways  |  to  re  |  rnern- 
brance  II  and  turned  my  |  feet  un  |  to  thy  |  testi- 
monies. 

4  I  made  haste,  and  prolonged  |  not  the  | 
time  II  to  |  keep  -  |  thy  com  |  mandments. 

5  The  congregations  of  the  ungodly  have  |  rob- 
bed |  me  II  but  I  have  |  not  for  |  gotten  thy  |  law. 

6  At  midnight  I  will  rise  to  give  thanks  |  un- 
to |  thee  II  because  |  of  thy  |  righteous  |  judg- 
ments. 

7  I  am  a  companion  of  all  |  them  that  |  fear 
thee  II  and  |  keep  -  |  thy  com  |  mandments. 

8  The  earth,  0  Lord,  is  full  |  of  thy  |  mercy  || 
0  |  teach  -  |  me  thy  |  statutes  ! 

Bonitatetn  fecisti. 

OLORD,  thou  hast  dealt  graciously  |  with  thy  | 
servant  |j  ac  |  cording  nn  |  to  thy  |  word. 
2   0    learn   me   true   understanding   |   and   -    j 

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knowledge  II    for   I   have   be  |  lieved  |  thy  com  , 
mandments. 

3  Before  I  was  troubled,  |  I  went  |  wrong  r 
but  |  now  have  I  |  kept  thy  |  word. 

4  Thou  art  |  good  and  |  gracious  II  0  |  teach  -  | 
me  thy  |  statutes  ! 

5  The  proud  have  imagined  a  |  lie  a  |  gainst 
me  ||  but  I  will  keep  thy  commandments  |  with 
my  |  whole  -  |  heart. 

6  Their  heart  is  as  |  fat  as  |  brawn  II  but  my 
de  |  light  hath  |  been  in  thy  |  law. 

7  It  is  good  for  me  that  I  have  |  been  in  | 
trouble  II  that  |  I  may  |  learn  thy  |  statutes. 

8  The  law  of  thy  mouth  is  dearer  |  unto  |  me  II 
than  |  thousands  of  |  gold  and  i  silver. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 

Manns  tuce.  feccrunt  me. 

THY  hands  have  made  me  and  |  fashioned  |  me  II 
0  give  me  understanding,  that  I  may  |  learn  -  | 
thy  com  [  mandments. 

2  They  that  fear  thee  will  be  glad  |  when 
they  |  see  me  II  because  I  have  put  my  |  trust  -  j 
in  thy  |  word. 

3  I  know,  0  Lord,  that  thy  |  judgments  are  \ 
right  li  and  that  thou  oi  very  faithfulness  hast  j 
caused  me  |  to  be  |  troubled. 

4  0  let  thy  merciful  kindness  |  be  my  |  com- 
fort ||  according  to  thy  |  word  un  |  to  thy  |  ser- 
vant. 

5  0  let  thy  loving  mercies  come  unto  me, 
that  |  I   may  |  live   ||   for  thy  |  law   is  |  my  de  j 

right. 

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6  Let  the  proud  be  confounded,  for  they  go 
wickedly  about  |  to  de  |  stroy  me  II  but  I  will  be 
occupied  |  in  -  |  thy  com  |  mand  merits. 

7  Let  such  as  fear  thee,  and  have  |  known 
thy  |  testimonies  ||  be  |  turned  |  unto  |  me. 

8  0  let  my  heart  be  sound  |  in  thy  |  statutes  fl 
that  |  I  be  |  not  a  |  shamed. 

Deficit  anima  mea. 

MY  soul   hath    longed   for  |   thy  sal  |  vation   II 
and  I  have  a  good  hope  be  |  cause  -  |  of  thy  | 
word. 

2  Mine  eyes  long  sore  |  for  thy  |  word  !l  saying, 
0  |  when  -  |  wilt  thou  |  comfort  me  ? 

3  For  I  am  become  like  a  bottle  ]  in  the  | 
smoke  I1  yet  do  I  |  not  for  |  get  thy  |  statutes. 

4  How  many  are  the  days  |  of  thy  |  servant  || 
when  wilt  thou  be  avenged  of  |  them  that  |  per- 
secute |  me  ? 

5  The  proud  have  digged  |  pits  for  |  me  || 
which  |  are  not  |  after  thy  |  law. 

6  All  thy  com  |  mandments  are  |  true  ||  they 
persecute  me  falsely  ;  |  0  be  |  thou   my  |  help. 

7  They  had  almost  made  an  end  of  me  up  | 
on  -  |  earth  II  but  I  for  |  sook  not  |  thy  com  | 
mandments. 

8  0  quicken  me  after  thy  |  loving  |  kindness  II 
and  so  shall  I  keep  the  |  testimonies  |  of  thy  | 
mouth. 

In  (sternum,  Domine. 

OLORD,  |  thy  -  |  word  II  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever 
in  |  heaven. 
2  Thy  truth  also  remaineth  from  one  genera- 

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tion  I  to  an  |  other  II  thou  hast  laid   the   founda- 
tion of  the  |  earth,  and  |  it  a  |  bideth. 

3  They  continue  this  day  according  |  to  thine  | 
ordinance  I!  for  |  all  things  |  serve  -  |  thee. 

4  If  my  delight  had  not  been  |  in  thy  '  law  3 
I  should  have  |  perished  |  in  my  |  trouble. 

5  I  will  never  forget  |  thy  com  |  mandments  || 
for  with  them  |  thou  hast  |  quicUtmed  |  me. 

6  I  am  |  thine  ;  0  |  save  me  II  for  I  have  | 
sought  -  |  thy  com  |  mandments. 

7  The  ungodly  laid  wait  for  me,  |  to  de  |  stroy 
me  II  but  I  will  con  |  sider  thy  |  testi  |  monies. 

8  I  see  that  all  things  come  |  to  an  |  end  II  but 
thy  commandment  |  is  ex  |  ceeding  |  broad. 

Quomodo  dilexi ! 

LORD,  what  love  have  I  un  |  to  thy  |  law  |j  all 
the  day  long  |  is  my  |  study  |  in  it. 

2  Thou,  through  thy  commandments,  hast 
made  me  wiser  |  than  mine  |  enemies  II  for  j  they 
are  |  ever  |  with  me. 

3  I  have  more  understanding  |  than  my  I 
teachers  li  for  thy  |  testimonies  |  are  my  |  study. 

4  I  am  wiser  |  than  the  |  aged  II  because  I  | 
keep  -  |  thy  com  |  mandments. 

5  I  have  refrained  my  feet  from  every  |  evil  | 
way  II  that  |  I  may  |  keep  thy  |  word. 

6  I  have  not  shrunk  |  from  thy  |  judgments  || 
for  |  thou  -  |  teaches t  |  me. 

7  0  how  sweet  are  thy  words  un  |  to  my 
throat  li  yea,  sweeter  than  |  honey  |  unto  my 
mouth ! 

8  Through  thy  commandments  I  get  |  under 
standing  II  therefore  I  |  hate  all  |  evil  |  ways. 

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Day  26.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Mornivg, 

MORNING  PRAYEK. 
Lucerna  pedibus  meis. 

THY  word  is  a  lantern  un  |  to  my  |  feot  \   tnd 
a  |  light  un  |  to  my  |  paths. 

2  I  have  sworn,  and  am  |  steadfastly  |  pur- 
posed II  to  |  keep  thy  |  righteous  |  judgments. 

3  I  am  troubled  a  |  bove  -  |  measure  ||  quicken 
me,  0  Lord,  ac  |  cording  |  to  thy  |  word. 

4  Let  the  free-will  offerings  of  my  .^iouth 
please  I  thee,  0  |  Lord  Si  and  |  teach  -  |  me  thy  j 
judgments. 

5  My  soul  is  alway  |  in  my  |  hand  P  yet  do  I  | 
not  for  |  get  thy  |  law. 

6  The  ungodly  have  laid  a  |  snare  for  |  me  |J 
but  yet  I  swerved  |  not  from  |  thy  com  |  mand- 
ments. 

7  Thy  testimonies  have  I  claimed  as  mine 
heritage  |  for  -  |  ever  ii  and  why  ?  they  are  the 
very  |  joy  -  |  of  my  |  heart. 

8  1  have  applied  my  heart  to  fulfil  thy  | 
statutes  |  alway  II  even  |  un  -  |  to  the  |  end. 

Iniquox  odio  habui. 

I  HATE  them  that  imagine     evil  |  things  ||  but 
thy  !  law  -  |  do  I  |  love. 

2  Thou  art  my  de  |  fenee  and  |  shield  ||  and 
my  |  trust  is  |  in  thy  |  word. 

3  Away  |  from  me,  ye  |  wicked  II  I  will  keep 
the  coin  |  mandments  |  of  my  |  (rod. 

4  0  stablish  me  according  to  thy  word,  that  I 
I  may  |  live  ||  and  let  me  not  be  disap  |  pointed  / 
of  my  |  hope. 

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5  Hold  thou  me  up,  and  I  |  shall  be  |  safe  !! 
yea,  my  delight  shall  be  |  ever  |  in  thy  j  statutes. 

6  Thou  hast  trodden  down  all  them  that  de- 
part |  from  thy  |  statutes  I!  for  they  im  |  agine  | 
but  de  |  ceit. 

7  Thou  puttest  away  all  the  ungodly  of  the  j 
earth  like  |  dross  li  there  |  fore  1  |  love  thy  |  tes- 
timonies. 

8  My  flesh  trembl  th  for  |  fear  of  |  thee  ||  and 
I  am  a  |  fraid  -  |  of  thy  |  judgments. 

Feci  judicium. 

IDEAL  with  the  thing  that  is  |  lawful  and  | 
right  ||   0  give  me  not  over  |  unto  |  mine  op  | 
pressors  ! 

2  Make  thou  thy  servant  to  delight  in  that  | 
which  is  |  good  II  that  the  |  proud  do  |  me  no  | 
wrong. 

3  Mine  eyes  are  wasted  away  with  looking  | 
for  thy  |  health  ||  and  for  the  word  |  of  thy  |  right- 
eous |  ness. 

4  0  deal  with  thy  servant  according  unto 
thy  |  loving  |  mercy  ||  and  |  teach  -  |  me  thy  | 
statutes ! 

5  I  am  thy  servant:  0  grant  me  |  under  | 
standing  ||  that  |  I  may  |  know  thy  |  testimonies. 

6  It  is  time  for  thee,  Lohd,  to  lay  |  to  thine  | 
hand  II  for  they  |  have  de  |  stroyed  thy  j  law. 

7  For  I  love  |  thy  com  |  mandments  II  above  | 
gold  and  |  precious  |  stones. 

8  Therefore  hold  I  straight  |  all  thy  com  | 
mandments  I!  and  all  false  |  ways  I  |  utterly  ab  j 
hor. 

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Mirabilia. 

THY  testimonies  are  |  wonder  |  ful  II  therefore  ] 
doth  my  |  soul  -  j  keep  them. 

2  When  thy  word  |  goeth  |  forth  II  it  giveth 
light  nnd  under  |  standing  |  unto  the  |  simple. 

3  I  opened  my  mouth,  and  drew  |  in  my  | 
breath  |j  for  my  delight  |  was  in  |  thy  com  | 
mandments. 

4  0  look  upon  me,  and  be  merciful  |  unto  | 
me  II  as  thou  usest  to  do  unto  |  those  that  |  love 
thy  |  Name. 

5  Order  my  steps  |  in  thy  |  word  II  and  so  shall 
no  wickedness  1  have  do  |  minion  |  over  me. 

6  0  deliver  me  from  the  wrongful  |  dealings 
of  I  men  II  and  so  shall  I  |  keep  -  |  thy  com  | 
mandments. 

7  Show  the  light  of  thy  countenance  up  |  on 
thy  |  servant  II  and  |  tench  -  |  me  thy  |  statutes. 

8  Mine  eyes  gush  |  out  with  |  water  II  because 
men  |  keep  -  j  not  thy  |  law. 

Justus  es,  Domine. 

EIGHTEOUS  art  |  thou,  0  |  Lord  II  and  1  true  - 1 
is  thy  |  judgment. 

2  The  testimonies  that  thou  |  hast  com  |  mand- 
ed  II  are  ex  |  ceeding  j  righteous  and  |  true. 

3  My  zeal  hath  |  even  con  |  sumed  me  II  be- 
cause mine  enemies  |  have  for  |  gotten  thy  | 
words. 

4  Thy  word  is  tried  to  the  |  utter  |  most  II  and 
thy  |  servant  |  luveth  |  it. 

5  I  at u  small  and  of  |  no  repu  |  tation  II  yet  do 
I  not  for  |  get  -  |  thy  com  |  mandments. 

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6  Thy  righteousness  is  an  ever  |  lasting  |  right- 
eousness ||  and  thy  |  law  -  |  is  the  |  truth. 

7  Trouble  and  heaviness  have  taken  |  hold  up  i 
on  me  ||  yet  is  my  de  |  light  in  |  thy  com  |  mand- 
ments. 

8  The  righteousness  of  thy  testimonies  is  i 
ever  |  lasting  ||  0  grant  me  under  |  standing,  and  | 
I  shail  I  live. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Clamavl  in  toto  corde  meo. 

I   CALL  with  my  |  whole  -  |  heart  II  hear  me,  0 
Lord;  |  I  will  |  keep  thy  |  statutes. 

2  Yea,  even  unto  thee  |  do  I  |  call  II  help  me, 
and  |  I  shall  |  keep  thy  |  testimonies. 

3  Early  in  the  morning  do  I  cry  |  unto  |  thee  H 
for  in  thy  |  word  -  |  is  my  |  trust. 

4  Mine  eyes  prevent  the  |  night  -  |  watches  II 
that  I  might  be  |  occupied  |  in  thy  |  words. 

5  Hear  my  voice,  0  Lord,  according  unto  thy  I 
loving  |  kindness  II  quicken  me,  ac  |  cording  as  I 
thou  art  |  wont, 

6  They  draw  nigh  that  of  malice  |  persecute  | 
me   I!   and  are  |  far  -  |  from  thv  |  law. 

7  Be  thou  nigh  at  |  hand,  6  |  Lord  II  for  all  | 
thy  com  |  mand  ments  are  |  true. 

8  As  concerning  thy  testimonies,  I  have  | 
known  long  |  since  II  that  thou  hast  |  grounded  I 
them  for  |  ever. 

Vide  humilitatem. 


0 


CONSIDER  mine  adversity,  |  and  de  |  liver 
rne  I!  for  I  do  |  not  for  |  get  thv  |  law. 

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2  Avenge  thou  my  cause,  |  and  de  |  liver  me  ( 
quicken  me  ac  |  cording  |  to  thy  |  word. 

3  Health  is  far  from  J  the  un  |  godly  I!  for  they 
re  |  gard  -  |  not  thy  |  statutes. 

4  Great  is  thy  mercy,  |  0  -  |  Lord  ||  quicken 
me,  |  as  -  |  thou  art  |  wont. 

5  Many  there  are  that  trouble  me,  and  |  per- 
secute  (  me  II  yet  do  I  not  |  swerve  -  |  from  thy  | 
testimonies. 

6  It  grieve th  me  when  I  j  see  the  trans  |  gress- 
ors  II  because  they  |  keep  -  |  not  thy  |  law. 

7  Consider,  0  Lord,  how  I  |  love  thy  com  | 
mandments  II  0  quicken  me,  according  |  to  thy  j 
loving  |  kindness. 

8  Thy  word  is  true  from  |  ever  |  lasting  II  all 
the  judgments  of  thy  righteousness  en  |  dure  for  ] 
ever  |  more. 

Principes  persecuti  sunt. 

PRINCES   have  persecuted    me  with  |  out   a  | 
cause  II  but  my  heart  standeth   in  |  awe  -  |  ol 
thy  |  word. 

2  I  am  as  glad  [  of  thy  |  word  II  as  one  that  | 
findeth  |  great  -  |  spoils. 

3  As  for  lies,  I  hate  |  and  ab  |  hor  them  II  but 
thy  |  law  -  |  do  I  |  love. 

4  Seven  times  a  day  |  do  I  |  praise  thee  II  be- 
cause |  of  thy  |  righteous  |  judgments. 

5  Great  is  the  peace  that  they  have  who  |  love 
thy  ,  law  II  and  they  are  |  not  of  |  fended  |  at  it. 

6  Lord,  I  have  looked  for  thy  |  saving  | 
health  II  and  done  |  after  |  thy  com  |  mandments. 

7  My  soul  hath  |  kept  thy  |  testimonies  II  and  | 
loved  |  them  ex  |  ceedingly. 

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8  I  hava  kept  thy  commandments  |  and  -  | 
testimonies  |j  for  all  my  |  ways  -  |  are  be  |  fore  thee- 

Appropinquet  deprecatio. 

LET    my    complaint    come    before  |  thee,    0 
Lord  ||   give  me  understanding  ac  |  cording   i 
to  thy  |  word. 

2  Let  my  supplication  |  coma  be  |  fore  thee  II 
deliver  me  ac  |  cording  |  to  thy  |  word. 

3  My  lips  shall  speak  |  of  thy  |  praise  II  when 
thou  hast  |  taught  -  |  me  thy  |  statutes. 

4  Yea,  my  tongue  shall  sing  |  of  thy  |  word  || 
for  all  |  thy  com  |  mandments  are  |  righteous. 

5  Let  thine  |  hand  -  |  help  me  II  for  I  have  | 
chosen  |  thy  com  |  mandments. 

6  I  have  longed  for  thy  saving  health,  |  0  -  J 
Lord  II  and  in  thy  |  law  is  |  my  de  |  light. 

7  0  let  my  soul  live,  and  |  it  shall  |  praise 
thee  ||  and  thy  |  judg  -  |  ments  shall  |  help  me. 

8  I  have  gone  astray  like  a  sheep  |  that  is  I 
lost  II  0  seek  thy  servant,  for  I  do  not  for  |  got  -  I 
thy  com  |  mandments. 


2TI)c  8Ttoetttij*Sebcnti)  JBiv. 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  cxx.     Ad  Dominum. 

WHEN  I  was  in  trouble,  I  called  up  |  on  the   ' 
Lord  II  and  |  he  -  |  beard  -  [  me. 

2  Deliver  my  soul,  0  Lor:,,  from  |  lying  |  lips  I 
and  |  from  a  de  |  ceitfal  j  tongue. 

3  What  reward  shall  be  given  or  done  unto 
thee,  |  thou  false  |  tongue  II  even  mighty  and 
sharp  arrows,  with  |  hot  -  |  burning  |  coals. 

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Day  27.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Morxwo. 

4  "Woe  is  mg,  that  I  am  constrained  to  |  dwell 
with  |  Mesech  II  and  to  have  my  habitation  a  | 
mong  the  |  tents  of  |  Kedar  ! 

5  My  soul  hath  long  |  dwelt  among  |  them  B 
that  are  |  enemies  |  unto  |  peace. 

6  I  labor  for  peace  :  but  when  I  speak  unto  | 
them  there  j  of  II  they  |  make  them  j  ready  to  j 
battle. 

Psalm  cxxi.     Levavi  oculos  meos. 

I    WILL   lift  up  mine  eyes  un  |  to  the  j  hills  1 
from  |  whence  -  |  cometh  my  |  help. 

2  My  help  cometh  even  |  from  the  |  Lord  |l 
who  hath  |  made  -  |  heaven  and  |  earth. 

3  He  will  not  suffer  thy  foot  |  to  be  |  moved  || 
and  he  that  |  keepeth  thee  |  will  not  |  sleep. 

4  Behold,  he  that  |  keepeth  |  Israel  II  shall  | 
neither  |  slumber  nor  |  sleep. 

5  The  Lord  himself  |  is  thy  |  keeper  II  the 
Lord  is  thy  defence  up  |  on  thy  |  right  -  |  hand  ; 

6  So  that  the  sun  shall  not  |  burn  thee  by  | 
day  II  neither  the  |  moon  -  |  by  -  |  night. 

7  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thee  |  from  all  I 
evil  ||  yea,  it  is  even  |  he  that  shall  |  keep  thy  ! 
soul. 

8  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thy  going  out,  and 
thy  |  coming  |  in  II  from  this  time  |  forth  for  j 
ever  |  more. 

Psalm  j'xxii.     Lcetatus  sum. 

I  WAS  glad   when  they   said  |  unto  |  me  ||  We 
will  go  into  the  j  house  -  j  of  the  |  Lord. 
2  Our   feet  shall   stand  |  in   thy  |  gates   \  0  | 
Je  -  I  rusa  |  Iem. 

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3  Jerusalem  is  built  |  as  a  |  city  ||  that  is  at  | 
unity  |  in  it  |  self. 

4  For  thither  the  tribes  go  up,  even  the  tiibes  | 
of  the  |  Lord  II  to  testify  unto  Israel,  to  give 
thanks  unto  the  |  Name  -  j  of  the  |  Lord. 

5  For  there  is  the  |  seat  of  |  judgment  ||  even 
the  seat  |  of  the  j  house  of  j  David. 

6  0  pray  for  the  peace  |  of  Je  |  rusalem  II  they 
shall  I  pros  -  |  per  that  |  love  thee. 

7  Peace  be  with  |  in  thy  |  walls  II  and  plen- 
teous |  ness  with  |  in  thy  |  palaces. 

8  P\>r  my  brethren  and  coin  |  panions'  |  sakes  || 
I  will  |  wish  -  |  thee  pros  |  perity. 

9  Yea,  because  of  the  house  of  the  |  Lord  our  | 
God  II  I  will  |  seek  to  |  do  thee  |  good. 

Psalm  cxxiii.     Ad  te  levavi  oculos  meos. 

UNTO    thee   lift  I  |  up   mine  j  eyes   II   0    Thou 
that  |  dwell  est  |  in  the  |  heavens. 

2  Behold,  even  as  the  eyes  of  servants  look 
untj  the  hand  of  their  masters,  and  as  the  eyes 
of  a  maiden  unto  the  hand  |  of  her  |  mistress  11 
even  so  our  eyes  wait  upon  the  Lord  our  God, 
until  |  he  have  |  mercy  up  |  on  us. 

3  Have  mercy  upon  us,  0  Lord,  have  ]  mercy 
up  |  on  us  II  for  we  are  |  utter  |  ly  de  |  spised. 

4  Our  soul  is  filled  with  the  scornful  reproof  | 
of  the  |  wealthy  H  and  with  the  de  |  spitefulness  j 
of  the  |  pruud. 

Psalm  cxxiv.     Nisi  quia  Dominus. 

IF  the  Lord  himself  had  not  been  on  our  side, 
now  may  |  Israel  |  say  ||   if  the   Lord  himself 

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Day  27.]  THE  PSALTER.  [Monsiy* 

had  not  been  on  our  side,  when  |  men  rose  |  up 
a  |  gainst  us  : 

2  They  had  swallowed  |  us  up  |  quick  II  when 
they  were  so  wrathfully  |  dis  -  |  pleased  |  at  us. 

3  Yea,  the  waters  had  |  drowned  |  us  SI  and  the 
stream  |  had  gone  |  over  our  |  soul. 

4  The  deep  waters  |  of  the  |  proud  II  had  gone  I 
even  |  over  our  |  soul. 

5  But  praised  |  be  the  |  Lord  ||  who  hath  not 
given  us  over  for  a  |  prey  un  |  to  their  j  teeth. 

6  Our  soul  is  escaped  even  as  a  bird  out  of  the 
snare  \  of  the  |  fowler  ||  the  snare  is  broken,  |  and 
we  |  are  de  |  livered. 

7  Oar  help  standeth  in  the  Name  |  of  the  | 
Lord  II  who  hath  |  made  -  |  heaven  and  |  earth. 

Psalm  cxxv.     Qui  confidant. 

THEY  that  put  their  trust  in  the  Lord  shall  be 
even  as  the  |  Mount  -  |  Sion  ||  which  may  not 
be  removed,  but  |  standeth  j  fast  for  |  ever. 

2  The  hills  stand  a  j  bout  Je  |  rusalem  II  even 
so  standeth  the  Lord  round  about  his  people, 
from  this  time  |  forth  for  |  ever  |  more. 

3  For  the  rod  of  the  ungodly  eometh  not  into 
the  lot  |  of  the  |  righteous  II  lest  the  righteous  put 
their  |  hand  -  |  unto  j  wickedness. 

4  Do  |  well,  0  |  Lord  II  unto  those  that  are  | 
good  and  |  true  of  |  heart. 

5  As  for  such  as  turn  back  unto  j  their  own  | 
wickedness  II  the  Lord  shall  lead  them  forthwith 
the  evil  doers  ;  but  |  peace  shall  |  be  upon  |  Israel. 


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EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  cxxvi.     hi  convntendo. 

WHEN  the  Lord  turned  again  the  captivity  | 
of  -  |  Sion  ||  then  were  we  like  |  unto  |  them 
that  |  dream. 

2  Then  was  our  mouth  |  filled  with  |  laughter  \ 
and  |  our  -  |  tongue  with  |  joy. 

3  Then  said  they  a  |  mong  the  |  heathen  U 
The  Loud  hath  |  done  -  |  great  things  |  for  them. 

4  Yea,  the  Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  | 
us  al  |  ready  II  where  |  of  -  |  we  re  |  joice. 

5  Turn  our  captivity,  |  0  -  |  Lord  II  as  the  | 
rivers  |  in  the  |  south. 

6  They  that  |  sow  in  |  tears  II  shall  |  reap  -  |  in  -  | 
joy. 

7  He  that  now  goeth  on  his  way  weeping,  and 
beareth  forth  |  good  -  |  seed  II  shall  doubtless  come 
again  with  joy,  and  |  bring  his  |  sheaves  -  |  with 
him. 

Psalm  cxxvii.     Nisi  Dowinus. 

EXCEPT  the  Lord  |  build    the  |  house  II  their 
labour  |  is  but  |  lost  that  |  build  it. 

2  Except  the  Lord  |  keep  the  |  city  II  the 
watchman  |  waketh  |  but  in  |  vain. 

3  It  is  but  lost  labour  that  ye  haste  to  rise  up 
early,  and  so  late  take  rest,  and  eat  the  |  bread 
of  |  carefulness  H  for  so  he  giveth  |  his  be  j  loved  | 
sleep. 

4  Lo,  children,  and  the  fruit  |  of  the  |  womb  11 
are  an  heritage  and  gift  that  |  cometh  |  of  the  | 
Lord. 

5  Like  as  the  arrows  in  the  hand  |  of  the  | 
giant  II  even  |  so  are  the  |  young  -  |  children. 

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6  Happy  is  the  man  that  hath  his  |  quiver  | 
fall  of  them  II  they  shall  not  be  ashamed  when 
they  speak  with  their  |  enemies  |  in  the  |  gate. 

Psalm  cxxviii.     Beati  omnes. 

BLESSED  are  all  they  that  |  fear  the  |  Lord  I 
and  |  walk  -  |  in  his  |  ways. 

2  For  thou  shalt  eat  the  labour  |  of  thine  | 
hands  ||  0  well  is  thee,  and  |  happy  |  shalt  thou  | 
be! 

3  Thy  wife  shall  be  as  the  |  fruitful  |  vine  D 
upon  the  |  walls  -  |  of  thine  |  house. 

4  Thy  children  like  the  |  olive  |  branches  || 
round  a  |  bout  -  |  thy  -  |  table. 

5  Lo,  thus  shall  the  |  man  be  |  blessed  II  that  | 
fear  -  |  eth  the  |  Lord. 

6  The  Lord  from  out  of  Sion  |  shall  so  |  bless 
thee  II  that  thou  shalt  see  Jerusalem  in  prosperity  | 
all  thy  |  life  -  |  long. 

7  Yea,  that  thou  shalt  see  thy  |  children's  | 
children  II  and  |  peace  up  |  on  -  |  Israel. 

Psalm  cxxix.     Scepe  expngnaverunt. 

MANY  a  time  have  they  fought  against  me  from 
my  |  youth  -  |  up  |'  may  |  Israel  |  now  -  |  say  ; 

2  Yea,  many  a  time  have  they  vexed  me  from 
my  |  youth  -  |  up  I!  but  they  have  |  not  pre  | 
vailed  a  |  gainst  me. 

3  The  plowers  plowed  up  |  on  my  |  back  !l  and  | 
made  -  |  long  -  |  furrows. 

4  But  the  |  righteous  |  Lord  II  hath  hewn  the 
snares  of  the  un  |  god  -  |  ly  in  |  pieces. 

5  Let  them  be  confounded  and  |  turned  |  back 
ward  II  as  many  as  have  |  evil  |  will  at  |  Sion. 

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(j  Let  them  be  even  as  the  grass  growing  up  | 
on  the  |  house  tops  ||  which  withereth  a  |  fore  it 
be  |  plucked  |  up  ; 

7  Whereof  the  mower  filleth  |  not  his  |  hand  H 
neither  he  that  bindeth  |  up  the  |  sheaves  his  I 
bosom. 

S  ^o  that  they  who  go  by  say  not  so  much  as, 
The  Lord  |  prosper  |  you  II  we  wish  you  good 
luck  in  the  |  Name  -  |  of  the  |  Lord. 

Psalm  cxxx.     Deprofundis. 

OUT   of  the  deep  have  I  called  unto  |  thee,  0   I 
Lord  II  Lord,  |  hear  -  j  my  -  |  voice. 

2  0  let  thine  ears  con  |  sider  |  well  II  the  | 
voice  of  |  my  com  |  plaint. 

3  If  thou.  Lord,  wilt  be  extreme  to  mark  what 
is  I  done  a  |  miss  II  0  Lord,  |  who  -  |  may  a  | 
bide  it  ? 

4  For  there  is  |  mercy  with  |  thee  II  therefore  | 
shalt  -  |  thou  be  |  feared. 

5  I  look  for  the  Lord  ;  my  |  soul  doth  |  wait 
for  him  P-in  his  |  word  -  |  is  my  |  trust. 

6  My  soul  fleeth  un  |  to  the  |  Lord  li  before  the 
morning  watch ;  I  say,  be  |  fore  the  |  morning  ] 
watch. 

7  0  Israel,  trust  in  the  Lord  ;  for  with  the 
Lord  |  there  is  |  mercy  ||  and  with  |  him  is  |  plen- 
teous re  |  demption. 

8  And  he  shall  re  |  deem  -  |  Israel  II  from  | 
all  -     his  -  |  sins. 

Psalm  cxxxi.     Domine,  non  est. 

LORD,  I  am  |   not  high  I  minded  I!  I  |  have  no  | 
proud  -  |  looks. 

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2  I  do  not  exercise  myself  in  |  great  -  |  mat- 
ters II  which  |  are  -  |  too  high  |  for  me. 

3  But  I  refrain  my  soul,  and  keep  it  low,  like 
as  a  child  that  is  weaned  |  from  his  j  mother  il 
yea,  my  soul  is  even  |  as  a  |  weaned  |  child. 

4  0  Israel,  |  trust  in  the  |  Lord  II  from  this 
time  |  forth  for  |  ever  |  more. 


&!)e  3Ttoentg*EfflSt|)  3Da». 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  cxxxii.     Memento,  Donrine. 

LORD,  re  |  member  |  David  I!  and  |  all  -  |  his  -  | 
trouble  : 

2  Howhesware  un  |  to  the  |  Lord  ||  and  vowed 
a  vow  unto  the  Al  |  mighty  |  G-od  of  j  Jacob ; 

3  I  will  not  come  within  the  tabernacle  |  of 
mine  |  house  li  nor  |  climb  up  |  into  my  |  bed; 

4  I  will  not  sutler  mine  eyes  to  sleep,  nor 
mine  |  eyelids  to  |  slumber  II  neither  the  temples 
of  my  head  to  J  take  -  |  any  |  rest ; 

5  Until  I  find  out  a  place  for  the  temple  |  of  the  | 
Lord  II  an  habitation  for  the  |  mighty  |  God  of  | 
Jacob. 

6  Lo,  we  heard  of  the  |  same  at  |  Ephrata  II 
and  |  found  it  |  in  the  |  wood. 

7  We  will  go  in  |  to  his  |  tabernacle  II  and  fall 
low  on  our  I  knees  be  |  fore  his  |  footstool. 

8  Arise,  0  Lord,  into  thy  |  resting  |  place  I 
thou,  and  the  |  ark  -  |  of  thy  |  strength. 

9  Let  thy  priests  be  |  clothed  with  |  righteous- 
ness H  and  let  thy  |  saints  -  |  sing  with  |  joyful- 
ness. 

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10  For  thy  servant  |  David's  |  sake  H  turn'  not 
away  the  |  presence  of  |  thine  A  |  nointed. 

11  The  Lord  hath  made  a  faithful  oath  |  unto  | 
David  I!  and  he  j  shall  not  |  shrink  -  |  from  it  ; 

12  Of  the  fruit  |  of  thy  |  body  ||  shall  I  |  set 
up     on  thy  |  seat. 

13  If  thy  children  will  keep  my  covenant,  and 
my  testimonies  that  j  I  shall  |  learn  them  II  their 
children  also  shall  sit  upon  thy  |  seat  for  |  ever  | 
more. 

14  For  the  Lord  hath  chosen  Sion  to  be  an 
habitation  |  for  him  |  self  II  he  |  hath  -  |  longed  | 
for  her. 

15  This  shall  be  my  |  rest  for  |  ever  II  here  will 
I  dwell,  for  I  |  have  a  de  |  light  there  |  in. 

16  1  will  bless  her  |  victuals  with  |  increase  II 
and  wijl  satis  |  fy  her  |  poor  with  |  bread. 

17  1  will  deck  her  |  priests  with  j  health  II  and 
her  j  saints  shall  re  |  joice  and  |  sing. 

18  There  shall  I  make  the  horn  of  |  David  to  | 
flourish  II  I  have  ordained  a  |  lantern  for  |  mine 
A  |  nointed. 

19  As  for  his  enemies,  I  shall  |  clothe  them 
with  |  shame  II  but  upon  himself  |  shall  his  j 
crown  -  |  flourish. 

Psalm  cxxxiii.     Ecce,  guam  bonwn! 

BEHOLD,  how  good  and  joyful  a  |  thing  it  |  is! 
brethren,  to  |  dwell  to  |  gether  in  |  unity  ! 
2  It  is  like  the   precious   ointment    upon   the 
head,   that   ran  down  un  |  to  the  |  beard   ||   even 
unto    Aaron's   beard,    and    went    down    to  the   I 
skirts  -  |  of  his  j  clothing. 

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3  Like  as  the  |  dew  of  |  Hermon  ||  which  fell 
up  |  on  the  |  hill  of  |  Sion. 

4  For  there  the  Lord  |  promised  his  |  blessing  fl 
and  |  life  for  |  ever  |  more. 

Psalm  cxxxiv.     Ecce  nunc. 

BEHOLP    now,  |  praise   the  |  Lord  II    all   ye   j 
servants  |  of  the  |  Lord; 

2  Ye  that  by  night  stand  in  the  house  |  of 
the  |  Lord  ||  even  in  the  courts  of  the  |  house  -  | 
of  our  |  God. 

3  Lift  up  your  hands  |  in  the  |  sanctuary  3 
and  1  praise  -  |  -  the  |  Lord. 

4  The  Lord,  that  made  |  heaven  and  |  earth  li 
give  thee  |  blessing  |  out  of  |  Sion. 

Psalm:  cxxxv.     Laudate  Nomen. 

0  PRAISE    the   Lord,   laud  ye  the  |  Name  oi 
the  |  Lord  II  praise  it,  0  ye  |  servants  |  of  the  | 
Lord  ; 

2  Ye  that  stand  in  the  house  |  of  the  j  Lord  II 
in  the  courts  of  the  |  house  -  |  of  our  |  God. 

3  0  praise  the  Lord,  for  the  |  Lord  is  |  gra- 
cious ||  0  sing  praises  unto  his  |  Name,  for  |  it 
is  |  lovely. 

4  For  why  ?  the  Lord  hath  chosen  Jacob  un  | 
to  him  |  self  II  and  Israel  |  for  his  |  own  pos  |  ses- 
sion. 

5  For  I  know  that  the  j  Lord  is  |  great  II  and 
that  our  \  Lord  is  a  j  bove  all  j  gods. 

6  Whatsover  the  Lord  pleased,  that  did  he  in 
heaven.  |  and  in  |  earth  II  in  the  sea,  |  and  in  | 
all  deep  j  places. 

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7  He  bringeth  forth  the  clouds  from  the  ends  j 
of  the  |  world  11  and  sendeth  forth  lightnings  with 
the  rain,  bringing  the  |  winds  out  |  of  his  |  trea- 
sures. 

8  He  smote  the  |  first-born  of  |  Egypt  II  both  j 
-  of  |  man  and  |  beast. 

9  He  hath  sent  tokens  and  wonders  into  the 
midst  of  thee,  0  thou  |  land  of  |  Egypt  II  upon  | 
Pharaoh,  air.     all  his  |  servants. 

10  He  smote  |  divers  |  nations  |)  and  |  slew  -  | 
mighty  |  kings  ; 

11  Sehon,  king  of  the  Amorites;  and  Og,  the  | 
king  of  |  Basan  II  and  |  all  the  |  kingdoms  of  j 
Canaan  ; 

12  And  gave  their  land  to  |  be  an  |  heritage  II 
even  an  heritage  unto  |  Isra  |  el  his  |  people. 

13  Thy  Name,  0  Lord,  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever!) 
so  doth  thy  memorial,  0  Lord,  from  one  gener  | 
ation  |  to  an  |  other. 

14  For  the  Lord  will  a  |  venge  his  |  people  II 
und  be  |  gracious  un  |  to  his  |  servants. 

15  As  for  the  images  of  the  heathen,  they  are 
but  |  silver  and  |  gold  II  the  |  work  of  |  men's  -  | 
hands. 

16  They  have  |  mouths,  and  |  speak  not  J 
eyes  |  have  they,  [  but  they  |  see  not. 

17  They  have  ears,  and  |  yet  they  |  hear  not  II 
neither  is  there  any  |  breath  -  |  in  their  |  mouths. 

18  They  that  make  them  are  like  |  unto  j 
them  ||  and  so  are  all  j  they  that  |  put  their  j 
trust  in  them. 

19  Praise  the  Lord,  ye  |  house  of  |  Israel  |) 
praise  the  |  Lord,  ye  |  house  of  |  Aaron. 

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20  Praise   the  Lord,  ye  |  house  of  |  Levi  II  ye 
that  fear  the  Lord,  |  praise  -  |  -  the  |  Lord. 

21  Praised  be  the  Lord  |  out  of  |  Sion  II  who| 
dwelleth  I  at  Je  I  rusalem. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Tsalm  exxxvi.     Covfitemini  Domino. 

OGrlVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  for  |  he  is  j  gra- 
cious ||  and  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

2  0  give  thanks  unto  the  God  |  of  all  |  gods  II 
for  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

3  0  thank  the  Lord  |  of  all  |  lords  II  for  his  | 
mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

4  Who  only  |  doeth  great  |  wonders  H  for  his  | 
mercy  en  |  dureth  lor  |  ever. 

5  Who   by  his  excellent  wisdom  |  made  the  | 
heavens  II  for  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

6  Who  laid   out  the  earth  a  |  bove  the  |  wa- 
ters II  for  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

7  Who  hath   made  |  great  -  |  lights  ||  for  his  \ 
mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever  : 

8  The  sun  to  |  rule  the  |  day  II  for  his  |  mercy 
en  |  dureth  for  |  ever  : 

9  The    moon   and    the  stars  to  |  govern   the  ] 
night  II  for  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

10  Who  smote  Egypt,  |  with  their  |  first-born  1 
for  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever  : 

11  And    brought    out    Israel  |  from    a  j  mong 
them  II  for  his  |  mercy  en  |  dnneth  for  |  ever  : 

12  With  a  mighty    iiand  and  |  stretched-out  j 
arm  II  for  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

13  Who  divided  the  Red  Sea  |  in  two  |  parts  fl 
for  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever  : 

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Evenikg.]  THE  PSALTER.  |  Day  26. 


14  And  made  Israel  to  go  |  through  the  | 
midst  of  it  ||  for  his  |  mercy  en  [  dureth  for  |  ever. 

15  But  as  for  Pharaoh  and  his  host,  he  over- 
threw  them  |  in  the  Red  |  Sea  II  for  his  |  mercy 
en  I  dureth  for  |  ever : 

16  Who  led  his  people  |  through  the  |  wilder- 
ness 1 1  for  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

17  Who  |  smote  great  |  kings  II  for  his  |  mercy 
en  |  dureth  for  |  ever  : 

18  Yea,  and  slew  |  mighty  |  kings  ||  for  his  | 
mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever: 

19  Sehon,  king  |  of  the  |  Amorites  ||  for  his  | 
mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever  : 

20  And  Og,  the  |  king  of  |  Basan  I!  for  his  | 
mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

21  And  gave  away  their  land  |  for  an  |  heri- 
tage II  for  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  j  ever. 

22  Even  for  an  heritage  unto  Israel,  |  his  -  j 
servant  II  for  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

23  Who  remembered  us  when  we  |  were  in  I 
trouble  II  for  his  |  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

24  And  hath  delivered  us  |  from  our  |  ene- 
mies II  for  his  I  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

25  Who  giveth  food  |  to  ail  |  flesh  II  for  his  | 
mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

26  0  give  thanks  unto  the  |  God  of  |  heaven  II 
for  his  ]  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

27  0  give  thanks  unto  the  |  Lord  of  j  lords  II 
for  his  '  mercy  en  |  dureth  for  |  ever. 

Psalm  cxxxvii.     Super  flumina. 

BY  the  waters  of  Babylon  we  sat  |  down  and  | 
wept  U  when  we  remembered  |  thee,  -  |  0  - ' 
Sion. 

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2  As  for  our  harps,  we  |  hanged  them  |  up  jj 
upon  the  |  trees  that  |  are  there  ]  in. 

3  For  they  that  led  us  away  captive,  required 
of  us  then  a  song,  and  melody  |  in  our  ]  heavi- 
ness ||  Sing  us  one  of  the  |  songs  -  |  of  -  |  Sion. 

4  HoW  shall  we  sing  the  |  Lord's  -  |  song  !|  in 
a  |  strange  -  |  -  -  |  land? 

5  If  I  forget  thee,  |  0  Je  |  rusalem  II  let  my 
right  |  hand  for  |  get  her  |  cunning. 

6  If  I  do  not  remember  thee,  let  my  tongue 
cleave  to  the  roof  |  of  my  |  month  II  yea,  if  I  pre- 
fer not  Je  |  rusalem  |  in  my  |  mirth. 

7  Remember  the  children  of  Edom,  0  Lord,  in 
the  d;iy  |  of  Je  |  rusalem  II  how  they  said,  Down 
with  it,  down  with  it,  |  even  |  to  the  |  ground. 

8  0  daughter  of  Babylon,  |  wasted  with  | 
misery  ||  yea,  happy  shall  he  be  that  rewardeth 
thee  as  |  thou  hast  |  served  |  us. 

9  Blessed  shall  he  be  that  |  taketh  thy  |  chil- 
dren II  and  throweth  |  them  a  |  gainst  the  |  stones. 

Psalm  cxxxviii     Confitebor  tibi. 

TWILL    give   thanks  unto   thee,  0  Lord,  with 
my  |  whole   -  |  heart   ||    even  before  the   gods 
will  I  sing  |  praise  -  |  unto  |  thee. 

2  I  will  worship  toward  thy  holy  temple,  and 
praise  thy  Name,  because  of  thy  loving  |  kind- 
ness and  |  truth  II  for  thou  hast  magnified  thy 
Name,  and  thy  |  Word,  a  |  bove  all  |  things. 

3  When  I  called  upon  thee,  thou  |  heardest  | 
me  II  and  enduedst  my  |  soul  -  |  with  much  | 
strength. 

4  All  the  kings  of  the  earth  shall  praise  |  theo 

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0  I  Lord  H  for  they  have  heard  the  |  words  -  |  of 
thy  |  mouth. 

0  Yea,  they  thall  sing  in  the  ways  |  of  the  | 
Lord  II  that  great  is  the  |  glory  |  of  the  |  Lord. 

6  For  though  the  Lord  be  high,  yet  hath  he 
respect  an  j  to  the  |  lowly  II  as  for  the  proud,  he 
be  |  holdeth  |  them  afar  |  oil. 

7  Though  I  walk  in  the  midst  of  trouble, 
yet  shalt  |  thou  re  |  fresh  me  II  thou  shalt 
stretch  forth  thy  hand  upon  the  furiousness  of 
mine  enemies,  and  j  thy  right  [  hand  shall  |  save 
me. 

8  The  Lord  shall  make  good  his  loving  |  kind- 
ness to  |  ward  me  II  yea,  thy  mercy,  0  Lord,  en- 
dureth  for  ever;  despise  not  then  the  |  works  of  | 
thine  own  |  hands. 


Z\)t  Ctocatu^Xfnti)  B<m 

MORNING  PRAYER. 

Psalm  cxxxix.     Domine,  probasti. 

OLOPtT),  thou  hast  searched  me  j  nut,  and  | 
known  me  ||  Thou  knowest  my  down-sitting, 
and  mine  up-rising;  thou  understandest  my  | 
thoughts  -  |  long  be  |  fore. 

2  Thou  art  about  my  path,  and  a  |  bout  my  | 
bed  II  and  |  spiest  out  |  all  my  |  ways. 

3  For  lo,  there  is  not  a  word  |  in  my  |  tongue  Q 
but  thou,  0  Lord,  |  knowest  it  |  alto  |  gether. 

4  Thou   hast  fashioned    me    behind  |  and  be  | 
lore  ||  and  |  laid  thine  |  hand  up  |  on  me. 

5  SSuch   knowledge   is  too  wonderful  and  |  ex- 
cellent |  for  me  II  I  cannot  at  |  tain  -  |  unto  |  it. 

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6  Whither  shall  I  go  then  |  from  thy  |  Spirit  H 
or  whither  shall  I  |  go  then  \  from  thy  |  presence? 

7  If  I  climb  up  into  heaven,  |  thou  art  |  there  || 
if  I  go  down  to  hell,  |  thou  art  |  there  -  |  also. 

8  If  I  take  the  wings  |  of  the  |  morning  II  and 
remain  in  the  uttermost  |  parts  -  |  of  the  |  sea; 

9  Even  there  also  shall  |  thy  hand  I  lead  me  II 
and  thy  |  right  -  |  hand  shall  |  hold  me. 

10  If  I  say,  Peradventare  the  |  darkness  shall  | 
cover  me  ||  then  shall  my  |  night  be  |  turned  to  j 
day. 

11  Yea,  the  darkness  is  no  darkness  with  thee, 
but  the  night  is  as  clear  |  as  the  j  day  ||  the  dark- 
ness and  light  to  |  thee  are  |  both  a  |  like. 

12  For  my  |  reins  are  |  thine  ||  thou  hast 
covered  me  |  in  my  |  mother's  |  womb. 

13  I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee,  for  I  am  fear- 
fully and  |  wonderfully  |  made  ||  marvellous  are 
thy  works,  and  that  my  soul  |  knoweth  |  right  -  ( 
well. 

14  My  bones  are  not  |  hid  from  |  thee  II  though 
I  be  made  secretly,  and  fashioned  be  |  neath  -  | 
in  the  |  earth. 

15  Thine  eyes  did  see  my  substance,  yet  j 
being  im  |  perfect  II  and  in  thy  book  were  |  all 
my  |  members  |  written; 

16  Which  day  by  |  day  were  |  fashioned  II 
when  as  |  yet  -  |  there  was  |  none  of  them. 

17  How  dear  are  thy  counsels  unto  |  me,  0  J 
Grod  II  0  how  |  great  -  |  is  the  |  sum  of  them  ! 

18  If  I  tell  them,  they  are  more  in  number  | 
than  the  sand  ||  when  I  wake  up,  |  I  am  |  pres- 
ent |  with  thee. 

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19  Wilt  thou  not  slay  the  |  wicked,  0  |  God  I 
Depart  from  me,  |  ye  blood  |  thirsty  j  men. 

20  For  they  speak  unrighteously  a  |  gainst  - 
thee  il  and  thine  enemies  |  take  thy  |  Name  in 
vain. 

21  Do  not  I  hate  them,  0  Lord,  [  that  hate  | 
thee  li  and  am  not  I  grieved  with  those  that  j 
rise  -  |  up  a  |  gainst  thee. 

22  Yea,  1  |  hate  them  right  |  sore  ||  even  as  | 
though  they  |  were  mine  |  enemies. 

23  Try  me,  0  God,  and  seek  the  ground  |  of 
my  |  heart  II  prove  me,  |  and  ex  |  amine  my  | 
thoughts. 

24  Look  well  if  there  be  any  way  of  wicked- 
ness |  in  -  |  me  ||  and  lead  me  in  the  |  way  -  | 
ever  |  lasting. 

Psalm  cxl.     Er>pe  me,  Domhie. 

DELIVER  me,  0  Lord,  from  the  |  evil  |  man  H 
-L'    and  preserve  me  j  from  the  |  wicked  |  man  ; 

2  Who  imagine  mischief  |  in  their  |  hearts  II 
and  stir  up  |  strife  -  |  all  the  day  |  long. 

3  They  have  sharpened  their  tongues  |  like  a  | 
serpent  II  adder's  |  poison  is  |  under  their  |  lips. 

4  Keep  me,  0  Lord,  from  the  hands  of  |  the  un  | 
godly  ||  preserve  me  from  the  wicked  m<m,  who 
are  purposed  to  j  over  |  throw  my  |  goings. 

5  The  proud  have  laid  a  snare  for  me,  and 
spread  a  net  a  |  broad  with  |  cords  II  yea,  and 
set  |  traps  -     in  my  |  way. 

6  I  said  unto  the  Lord,  |  Thou  art  my  |  God  I! 
hear  the  voice  |  of  my  |  prayers,  0  |  Lord. 

7  0  Lord  God,  thou  strength  |  of  my  (  health  II 

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thou    hast    covered    my  head  |  in   the  |  day  of  | 
battle. 

8  Let  not  the  ungodly  have  his  de  j  sire,  0  | 
Lord  il  let  not  his  mischievous  imagination  pros- 
per, |  lest  they  |  be  too  |  proud. 

9  Let  ihe  mischief  of  their  own  lips  fall  upon 
the  |  head  of  |  them  II  that  |  compass  |  me  a  |  bout. 

10  Let  hot  burning  coals  |  fall  np  |  on  them  II 
let  them  be  cast  into  the  fire,  and  into  the  pit, 
that  they  |  never  |  rise  up  a  |  gain. 

11  A  man  full  of  words  shall  not  prosper  up  | 
on  the  |  earth  ||  evil  shall  hunt  the  wicked  |  per- 
son to  |  over  |  throw  him. 

12  Sure  I  am  that  the  Lord  will  a  |  venge  the  | 
poor  II  and  maintain  |  the  cause  |  of  the  |  helpless 

13  The  righteous  also  shall  give  thanks  un  I 
to  thy  |  Name  ||  and  the  just  shall  con  |  tinue  | 
in  thy  |  sight. 

Psalm  cxli.     Dornine,  clamavi. 

LORD,  T  call  upon  thee  ;  haste  thee  |  unto  |  me  Q 
and  consider  my  voice,  |  wdien  I  |  cry  unto  | 
thee. 

2  Let  my  prayer  be  set  forth  in  thy  sight  | 
as  the  |  inoense  II  and  let  the  lifting  up  of  my 
hands  |  be  an  |  evening  |  sacrifice. 

3  Set  a  watch,  0  Lord,  be  |  fore  my  |  mouth  8 
and  keep  the  |  door  -  |  of  my  |  lips. 

4  0  let  not  mine  heart  be  inclined  to  any  | 
evil  |  thing  ||  let  me  not  be  occupied  in  ungodly 
works  with  the  men  that  work  wickedness,  lest 
I  |  eat  of  such  |  things  as  |  please  them. 

5  Let  the  righteous  rather  |  smite  me  |  friend- 
ly II  and  |  -  re  ]  prove  -  I  me. 

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6  But  let  not  their  precious  balms  |  break  my  | 
head  II  yea,  I  will  pray  |  yet  a  |  gainst  their  | 
wickedness. 

7  Let  their  judges  be  overthrown  in  |  stony  | 
places  II  that  they  may  hear  my  |  words  ;  for  | 
they  are  |  sweet. 

8  Our  bones  lie  scattered  be  |  fore  the  |  pit  II 
like  as  when  one  breaketh  and  heweth  |  wood  up  | 
on  the  |  earth. 

9  But  mine  eyes  look  unto  thee,  |  0  Lord  | 
God  II  in  thee  is  my  trust ;  0  |  cast  not  |  out  my  j 
soul. 

10  Keep  me  from  the  snare  that  they  have  | 
laid  for  |  me  II  and  from  the  traps  |  of  the  |  wicked  | 
doers. 

11  Let  the  ungodly  fall  into  their  own  |  nets 
to  |  gether  ||  and  |  let  me  |  ever  es  |  cape  them. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  cxlii.      Voce  mea  ad  Dominum. 

I   CRIED  unto  the  Lord  |  with  my  |  voice  II  yea, 
even  unto  the  Lord  did  I  |  make  my  |  suppli  | 
cation. 

2  I  poured  out  my  com  |  plaints  be  |  fore  him  [1 
and  |  showed  him  |  of  my  |  trouble. 

3  When  my  spirit  was  in  heaviness,  thou  | 
knewest  my  |  path  II  in  the  way  wherein  I 
walked,  have  they  privily  |  laid  a  |  snare  -  |  for  me. 

4  I  looked  also  upon  my  |  right  -  |  hand  II  and 
saw  there  was  |  no  man  |  that  would  |  know  me 

5  I  had  no  place  to  |  flee  un  |  to  ||  and  no  man  ' 
cared  |  for  my  |  soul. 

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6  I  cried  unto  thee,  0  |  Lord,  and  |  said  j| 
Thou  art  my  hope,  and  my  portion  in  the  |  land  -  | 
of  the  |  living. 

7  Consider  |  my  com  |  plaint  ||  for  I  am  | 
brought  -  |  very  |  low. 

8  0  deliver  me  |  from  my  |  persecutors  ||  for  | 
they  -  |  are  too  |  strong  for  me. 

9  Bring  my  soul  out  of  prison,  that  I  may  give 
thanks  un  |  to  thy  |  Name  II  which  thing  it'  thou 
wilt  grant  me,  then  shall  the  righteous  re  |  sort 
un  |  to  my  |  company. 

Psalm  cxliii.     Domine,  exaudi. 

HEAR   my  prayer,  0    Lord,  and   consider  |  my 
de  |  sire  ||  hearken   unto  me  for   thy  |  truth 
and  |  righteousness'  |  sake. 

2  And  enter  not  into  judgment  |  with  thy  | 
servant  ||  for  in  thy  sight  shall  |  no  man  |  living 
be  j  justified. 

3  For  the  enemy  hath  persecuted  my  soul  ;  he 
hath  smitten  my  life  |  down  to  the  \  ground  || 
he  hath  laid  me  in  the  darkness  as  the  men  |  that 
have  |  been  long]  dead. 

4  Therefore  is  my  spirit  |  vexed  with  |  in  me  i 
and  my  |  heart  with  |  in  me  is  |  desolate. 

5  Yet  do  [  remember  the  time  past ;  I  muse 
upon  |  all  thy  |  works  ||  yea,  I  exercise  myself  in 
the  |  works  -  |  of  thy  |  hands. 

6  I  stretch  forth  my  hands  |  unto  |  thee  II  my 
Boul  gaspeth  unto  thee  |  as  a  (  thirsty  |  land. 

7  Hear  me,  0  Lord,  and  that  soon  ;  for  my 
spirit.  |  waxeth  |  faint  ||  hide  not  thy  face  from  me, 
lest  I  be  like  unto  them  that  go  j  down  in  |  to 
the  |  pit. 

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Morning.]  THE  rs  ALTER.  [Day  30 

8  0  let  me  hear  thy  loving-kindness  betimes  in 
the  morning;  for  in  |  thee  is  my  |  trust  II  show 
thou  me  the  way  that  I  should  walk  in. ;  for  I  lift 
up  my  |  soul  -  |  unto  |  thee. 

9  Deliver  me,  0  Lord,  |  from  mine  |  enemies  f 
for  I  flee  |  unto  |  thee  to  |  hide  me. 

10  Teach  me  to  do  the  thing  that  pleaseth 
thee  ;  for  thou  |  art  my  |  God  ||  let  thy  loving 
Spirit  lead  me  forth  in  |  to  the  |  land  of  |  right- 
eousness. 

11  Quicken  me,  0  Lord,  for  thy  |  Name's  -  | 
sake  |  and  for  thy  righteousness'  sake  bring  my  I 
soul  -  |  out  of  |  trouble. 

12  And  of  thy  goodness  |  slay  mine  |  enemies  II 
and  destroy  all  them  that  vex  my  soul;  |  for  I  | 
am  thy  |  servant. 


&$z  2TIjfrtett)  503». 

MORNING  PKAYER. 
Psalm  cxliv.     Benedictus  Domimcs. 

BLESSED  be  the  |  Lord  my  |   strength  II  who 
teacheth  my  hands  to  war,  |  and  my  |  fingers 
to  |  fight : 

2  My  hope  and  my  fortress,  my  castle  and  de- 
liverer, my  defender  in  j  whom  I  |  trust  II  who 
subdueth  my  |  people  |  that  is  |  under  me. 

3  Lord,  what  is  man,  that  thou  hast  such  re- 
spect |  unto  |  him  ||  or  the  son  of  man,  that  thou  | 
so  re  |  gardest  |  him  ! 

4  Man  is  like  a  |  thing  of  j  nought  II  his  time 
passeth  a  |  way  -  |  like  a  |  shadow. 

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5  Bow  thy  heavens,  0  Lord,  |  and  come  |  down  I! 
touch  the  |  mountains,  and  |  they  shall  |  smoke. 

6  Cast  forth  thy  |  lightning,  and  |  tear  them  Q 
shoot  out  thine  |  arrows,  |  and  con  |  same  them. 

7  Send  down  thine  hand  |  from  a  |  bovc  II  de- 
liver me,  and  take  me  out  of  the  great  waters, 
from  the  |  hand  of  |  strange  -  |  children  ; 

8  Whose  month  |  talketh  of  |  vanity  II  and 
their  right  hand  is  a  |  right  -  j  hand  of  |  wicked- 
ness. 

9  I  will  sing  a  new  song  unto  |  thee,  0  |  God  || 
and  sing  praises  unto  thee  up  |  on  a  |  ten-stringed  | 
lute, 

10  Thou  hast  given  victory  j  unto  |.  kings  |j 
and  Last  delivered  David  thy  servant  from  the  | 
peril  |  of  the  |  sword. 

11  Save  me,  and  deliver  me  from  the  hand  ol  | 
strange  -  |  children  II  whose  mouth  talketh  of 
vanity,  and  their  right  hand  is  a  |  right  hand  | 
of  in  |  iquity  : 

12  That  our  sons  may  grow  up  as  the  |  young  - 1 
plants  II  and  that  our  daughters  may  be  as  the 
polished  |  corners  |  of  the  |  temple  : 

13  That  our  garners  may  be  full  and  plenteous 
with  all  |  manner  of  |  store  II  that  our  sheep  may 
bring  forth  thousands,  and  ten  |  thousands  |  in 
our  |  streets  : 

14  That  our  oxen  may  be  strong  to  labour; 
that  there  be  |  no  de  |  cay  II  no  leading  into  cap- 
tivity, and  no  com  |  plaining  |  iu  our  |  streets. 

15  Happy  are  the  people  that  are  in  |  such  a  | 
case  h  yea,  blessed  are  the  people  who  have  the  j 
Lord  -  |  for  their  |  Got,]. 

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Psalm  cxlv.     Exallabo  te,  Deus. 

T  WILL  magnify  thee,  0  |  G-od,  my  |  King  || 
i-  and  I  will  praise  thy  |  Name  for  |  ever  and  | 
ever. 

2  Every  day  will  I  give  thanks  |  unto  |  thee  II 
and  praise  thy  |  Name  for  |  ever  and  |  ever. 

3  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  marvellous  worthy  j 
to  be  |  praised  ||  there  is  no  |  end  -  |  of  his  | 
greatness. 

1:  One  generation  shall  praise  thy  works  un  | 
to  ,  i  |  other  I!  and  de  |  olare  -  |  thy  -  |  power. 

5  As   for   me,  I  will  be  talking  |  of  thy  |  wor- 
ship  !l  thy   glory,    thy  |  praise    and  |  wondrous 
works  ; 

6  So  that  men  shall  speak  of  the  might  of  thy 
marvellous  |  acts  ||  and  I  will  also  |  tell  -  |  of  thy 
greatness. 

7  The  memorial  of  thine  abundant  kindness  | 
shall  be  |  showed  ||  and  men  shall  |  sing  -  |  of 
thy  |  righteousness. 

8  The  Lord  is  gracious  |  and  |  merciful  ||  long- 
sufFering,  j  and  of  |  great  -  |  goodness. 

9  The  Lord  is  loving  unto  |  every  |  man  ||  and 
his  mercy  is  |  over  |  all  his  |  works. 

10  AH  thy  work's  |  praise  thee,  0  |  Lord  I!  and 
thy  saints  give  |  thanks  -  |  unto  |  thee. 

11  They  show  the  glory  |  of  thy  |  kingdom  !l 
and  |  talk  -  |  of  thy  |  power  ; 

12  That  thy  power,  thy  glory,  and  mightiness  | 
of  thy  |  kingdom  ||  might  be  |  known  -  |  unto  j 
men. 

13  Thy  kingdom    is   an   ever  |  jasting  |  king^ 

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dom  II  and  thy  dominion  en  j  dureth  through  )  out 
all  |  ages. 

14  The  Lord  upholdeth  all  |  such  as  j  fall  il 
and  lifteth  up  all  |  those  -  |  that  are  |  down. 

15  The  eyes  of  all  wait  upon  |  thee,  0  |  Lord  || 
and  thou  givest  them  their  j  meat  in  |  due  -  | 
season. 

10  Thou  openest  |  thine  -  |  hand  II  and  fill  est 
all  things  |  living  with  |  plenteous  |  ness. 

17  The  Lord  is  righteous  in  |  all  his  |  ways  11 
and  |  holy  in  |  all  his  |  works. 

18  The  Lo:j.)  is  nigh  unto  all  them  that  |  call 
up  |  on  him  il  yea,  all  such  as  |  call  up  |  on  him  | 
faithfully. 

19  He  will  fulfil  the  desire  of  |  them  that  | 
fear  him  I!  he  also  will  hear  their  |  cry,  -  |  and 
will  |  help  them. 

y()  The  Lord  preserveth  all  |  them  that  |  love 
him  I!  but  scattereth  a  |  broad  all  |  the  un  |  godly. 

21  My  mouth  shall  speak  the  praise  |  of  the  | 
Lord  II  and  let  all  fle^h  give  thanks  unto  his  holy  | 
Name  for  ]  ever  and  |  ever. 

Psalm  cxlvi.     Lauda,  anhna  mea. 

PRAISE  the  Lord,  0  my  soul ;  while  I  live, 
will  1  |  praise  the  |  Lord  ||  yea,  as  long  as  1 
have  any  being,  I  will  sing  |  praises  |  unto  my  | 
God. 

2  0  put  not  your  trust  in  princes,  nor  in  any  | 
child  of  |  man  II  for  |  there  is  |  no  help  |  in  them. 

3  For  when  the  breath  of  man  goeth  forth,  he 
shall  turn  again  |  to  his  |  earth  ||  and  then  |  all 
his  |  thoughts  -  |  perish. 

4  Blessed  is  he  that   hath  the  God  of  Jacob  | 

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for  his  |  help  II  and  whose  hope  is  |  in  the  |  Lord 
his  |  God  : 

5  "Who  hath  made,  heaven  and  earth,  the  sea, 
and  all  that  |  therein  |  is  II  who  |  keepeth  his  j 
promise  for  |  ever  : 

6  Who  helpeth  them  to  right  that  |  suffer  | 
wrong  ||  who  |  feed  -  |  eth  the  |  hungry. 

7  The  Lord  looseth  men  |  out  of  |  prison  II  the 
Lord  giveth  |  sight  -  |  to  the  |  blind. 

8  The  Lord  helpeth  them  |  that  are  |  fallen  U 
the  Lord  |  careth  |  for  the  |  righteous. 

9  The  Lord  careth  for  the  strangers  ;  he  de« 
fend  eth  the  fatherless  |  and  -  |  widow  ||  as  for  the 
way  of  the  ungodly,  he  |  turneth  it  |  upside  | 
down. 

10  The  Lord  thy  God,  0  Sion,  shall  be  King 
for  |  ever  |  more  II  and  throughout  |  all  -  |  gener  | 
ations. 


EVENING  PRAYER. 
Psalm  cxlvii.     Laudate  Domin>.tm. 

0   PRAISE  the  Lord,  for  it  is  a  good  thing  to 
sing  praises  un  |  to  our  |  God  II  yea,  a  joyful 
and  pleasant  |  thing  it  j  is  to  be  |  thankful. 

2  The  Lord  doth  build  |  up  Je  |  rusalem  ||  and 
gather  together  the  |  out  -  |  casts  of  |  Israel. 

3  He  healeth  those  that  are  |  broken  in  |  heart  II 
and  giveth  medicine  to  |  heal  -  |  their  -  |  sickness. 

4  He    tell  eth    the    number  |  of    the   |    stars    II 
and  calleth  them  |  all  -  |  by  their  |  names. 

5  Great  is  our  Lord,  and  |  great  is  his  I  power  || 
yea,  and  his  |  wisdom  |  is  -  |  infinite. 

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6  The  Lord  setteth  ;  up  the  |  meek  ||  and 
bringeth  the  ungodly  |  down  -  |  to  the  |  ground. 

7  0  sing  unto  the  |  Lord  with  |  thanksgiving  U 
sing  praises  upon  the  |  harp  un  |  to  our  |  God  ; 

8  Who  covereth  the  heaven  with  clouds,  and 
prepareth  rain  |  for  the  |  earth  ||  and  maketh  the 
grass  to  grow  upon  the  mountains,  and  |  herb  for 
the  |  use  of  |  men  ; 

9  Who  giveth  fodder  un  |  to  the  |  cattle  ||  and 
feedeth  the  young  |  ravens  that  |  call  up  |  on 
him. 

10  He  hath  no  pleasure  in  the  strength  |  of 
an  |  horse  II  neither  delighteth  |  he  in  |  any  man's  | 
legs. 

11  But  the  Lord's  delight  is  in  |  them  that  | 
fear  him  II  and  put  their  |  trust  -    |  in  his  |  mercy. 

12  Praise  the  Lord,  |  0  Je  |  rusalem  II  praise 
thy  |  God,  -  |  0  -  |  Sion. 

13  For  he  hath  made  fast  the  bars  |  of  thy  | 
gates  II  and  hath  I  blessed  thy  [  children  with  |  in 
thee. 

14  He  maketh  peace  |  in  thy  |  borders  !l  and 
filleth  thee  |  with  the  |  flour  of  |  wheat. 

15  He  sendeth  forth  his  commandment  up  | 
on  -  |  earth  II  and  his  word  |  runneth  |  very  | 
swiftly. 

16  He  giveth  |  snow  like  |  wool  II  and  seatter- 
eth  the  |  hoar-frost  |  like  -  |  ashes. 

17  He  casteth  forth  his  |  ice  like  |  morsels  0 
who  is  able  |  to  a  |  bide  his  |  frost  ? 

18  He  sendeth  out  his  word,  and  |  melteth  | 
them  II  he  bloweth  with  his  wind,  |  and  the  | 
waters  |  flow. 

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19  He  showeth  his  word  |  unto  |  Jacob  ||  his 
statutes  and  ordinances  |  unto  |  Isra  |  el. 

20  He  hath  not  dealt  so  with  |  any  |  nation  11 
neither  have  the  heathen  I  knowledge  |  of  his  | 
laws. 

Psalm  cxlviii.     Laudate  Dominwn. 

0   PRAISE   the  I  Lord  of  |  heaven  ||  praise  -  | 
him    |    in  the  |  height. 

2  Praise  him,  all  ye  |  angels  of  |  his  |  praise -| 
him,    |    all  his  |  hosts. 

3  Praise  him,  |  sun  and  |  moon  II  praise  him,  | 
all  ye  |  stars  and  |  light. 

4  Praise  him,  |  all  ye  |  heavens  II  and  ye  waters 
that  |  are  a  |  bove  the  |  heavens. 

5  Let  them  praise  the  |  Name  of  the  |  Lord  1! 
for  he  spake  the  word,  and.  they  were  made  ;  \\h 
commanded,  |  and  they  were  |  ere  |  ated. 

6  He  hath  made  them  fast  for  |  ever  and  | 
ever  II  he  hath  given  them  a  law  |  which  shall  I 
not  be  I  broken. 

7  Praise  the  |  Lord  upon  |  earth  ||  ye  |  drag- 
ons, |  and  all  |  deeps  : 

8  Fire  and  hail,  |  snow  and  |  vapours  II  wind 
and  |  storm,  fui  |  filling  his  |  word  : 

9  Mountains  |  and  all  |  hills  II  fruitful  |  trees  - 1 
and  all  |  cedars  : 

10  Beasts  |  and  all  |  cattle  ||  worms  |  and  -  1 
feathered  |  fowls  : 

11  Kings  of  the  earth  |  and  all  |  people  II  princes 
and  all  I  judges  |  of  the  I  world  : 

12  Young  men  and  maidens,  old  men  and  chil- 
dren, praise  the  |  Name  of  the  |  Lord   II   for  his 

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Name  only  is  excellent,  and  his  praise  a  |  bove  -  | 
heaven  and  |  earth. 

13  He  shall  exalt  the  horn  of  his  people:  all 
his  |  saints  shall  |  praise  him  II  even  the  children 
of  Israel,  even  the  |  people  that  |  serveth  |  him. 

Fsai.m  cxlix.     Cantate  Domino. 

OSING  unto  the  Lord  a  |  new  -  |  song  II  let  the 
congre  |  gationof  |  saints  -  |  praise  him. 

2  Let  Israel  rejoice  in  |  him  that  |  made  him  II 
and  let  the  children  of  Sion  be  |  joyful  |  in  their  | 
King. 

3  Let  them  praise  his  |  Name  in  the  |  dance  II 
let  them  sing  praises  unto  |  him  with  |  tabret 
and  |  harp. 

4  For  the  Lord  hath  pleasure  |  in  his  |  people  'J 
and  |  helpeth  |  the  meek  |  hearted. 

5  Let  the  saints  be  |  joyful  with  |  glory  ||  let 
them  re  |  joice  -  |  in  their  |  beds. 

6  Let  the  praises  of  God  |  be  in  their  |  mouth  || 
and  a  two-edged  |  sword  -  |  in  their  |  hands  ; 

7  To  be  avenged  |  of  the  |  heathen  II  and  |  to 
re  |  huke  the  |  people. 

8  To  bind  their  |  kings  in  |  chains  II  and  their  | 
nobles  with  |  links  of  |  iron. 

9  That  they  may  be  avenged  of  them  ;  |  as  it 
is  |  written  II  Such  |  honour  have  |  all  his  |  saints. 

Psalm  cl.     Laudate  Dominum. 

0   PRAISE  God  I  in  his  |  holiness  II  praise  him 
in  the  |  firmament  |  of  his  |  power. 
2  Praise  him  in  his  |  noble  |  acts  II  praise  him 
according  \  to  his  |  excellent  |  greatness. 

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3  Praise  him  in  tho  |  sound  of  the  |  trumpet  II 
praise  him  up  |  0:1  the  |  lute  and  |  harp. 

4  Praise  him  in  the  |  cymbals  and  |  dances  II 
praise  him  up  |  on  the  |  strings  and  |  pipe. 

5  Praise  him  upon  the  |  well-timed  |  cymbals  9 
praise  him  up  |  on  the  |  loud  -  |  cymbals. 

6  Let  every  thing  |  that  hath  |  breath  !l  praise  i 
•  •  I  -  the  I  Loud. 

Ml 


T  BELIEVE  in  one  God,  the  |  Father  Al  | 
J-  mighty  II  Maker  of  heaven  and  earkh,  and  ol 
all  things  |  visible  |  and  -  |  invisible  || 

And  in  one  Lord,  |  Jesus  |  Christ  II  the  onl) 
begotten  Sun  of  God,  begotten  of  His  Father  be 
fore  -  |  all  -  |  worlds.  God  of  God,  Light  ol 
Light,  very  God  |  of  very  |  God  II  Be  |  gotten  | 
not  -  |  made  II  Being  of  one  substance  |  with  the  | 
Father  II  by  |  whom  all  |  things  were  |  made.  Who, 
for  us  men,  and  for  our  salvation,  came  |  down 
from  |  Heaven  ||  And  was  incarnate  by  the  Holy 
Ghost  |  of  the  j  Virgin  |  Mary  P  And  was  |  made  -  | 
man  I!  and  was  crucified  also  for  us  |  under  | 
Pontius  |  Pilate.  He  suffered  and  was  buried  : 
and  the  third  |  day  He  j  rose  again  II  according  to 
the  scriptures  :  and  a  |  scended  |  into  |  Heaven  II 
and  sitteth  on  the  right  hand  |  of  the  \  Father  II 
And  he  shall  come  again  with  glorv  to  judge  both 
the  quick  and  the  dead ;  whose  |  kingdom  shall  | 
have  no  |  end. 

And  I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost,  the  Lord, 
and  |  Giver  of  |  Life  II  who  proceedeth  from  the  | 
Father  |  and  the  \  Son  ll  who,  with  the  Father 
and  the  Son  together,  is  worshipped  and  |  glori  | 
fied  II  Who  *  spake  -  |  by  the  |  prophets. 

And  I  believe  one  Catholic  and  Apos  I  folic  | 
Church  II  I  acknowledge  one  Baptism  |  for  there  | 
mission  of  |  sins  ||  And  I  look  for  the  Resurrection 
of  the  |  dead,  II  and  the  |  Life  of  the  |  world  to  | 
(jome.  |  A  |  men. 

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$tj!iiiifl  from  I3ulij  ?rri]itttrr 


N.B. — The  authority  for  the  use  of  these  anthems  (wrucfi 
restores  to  us  a  privilege  of  the  English  Church)  is  found  in 
the  following  extract  from  the  Journal  of  the  House  of 
Bishops  in  General  Convention,  1S1  i  : 

"  There  was  laid  before  the  House  an  address  from  the 
Rev.  Wm.  Smith,  of  Connecticut,  together  with  surdry 
Anthems,  selected  from  Holy  Scripture,  and  adapted  to  cer- 
tain Festivals  and  Fasts  of  the  Church.  The  object  of  the 
address  is  to  induce  the  establishment  of  the  said  Anthems 
as  pari  ol'  the  Liturgy  :  Whereupon — Resolved,  That  it  is 
not  expedient,  during  the  present  Convention,  to  go  into  a 
review,  either  in  whole  or  in  part,  of  the  Book  of  Commou 
Prayer.  It  could  rot.  however,  but  give  satisfaction  to  the 
Bishops  to  recollect  that  Antnems  taken  from  Scripture,  and 
judiciously  arranged,  may,  according  to  the  known  usage  of 
this  Church,  be  sung  in  congregations  at  the  discretion  <*i 
their  respective  ministers." 


HYMNS  FROM  HOLY  SCRirTUHE. 


i. 

Isaiah  ix.  6,  7. 


FOR  unto  us  a  |  child  is  |  born  II  unto  |  us  a  | 
Son  is  |  gwen. 

And  the  government  shall  be  up  |  on  his  | 
shoulder  II  and  His  I  name  -  |  shall  be  |  called  : 

Wonderful,  Counsellor,  the  Mighty  God,  the 
Ever  |  lasting  |  Father  ||  the  |  Prince  -  |  of  -  | 
Peace. 

Of  the  increase  of  his  government  and  peace 
there  shall  |  be  no  |  end  ||  upon  the  throne  of 
David  |  and  up  |  on  his  |  kingdom  ; 

To  order  it  and  to  establish  it  with  judgment  | 
and  with  |  justice  II  from  |  henceforth  |  even 
for  |  ever. 

The  zeal  of  the  [  Lord  of  |  Hosts  II  will  |  per-  | 
form  -  |  this. 

IT. 

Isaiah  xxxv. 

THE  wilderness    and  the   solitary  place  |  shall 
be  |  glad  for  them  II  and   the  desert  shall  re- 
joice and  |  blossom  |  as  the  |  rose. 

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SCRIPTURE  HYMXS. 


It  shall  |  blossom  a  |  bundantly  II  and  rejoice  j 
even  with  |  joy  and  |  singing. 

The  glory  of  Lebanon  shall  be  given  unto  it, 
the  excellency  of  |  Carmel  and  |  Sharon  II  they 
shall  see  the  glory  of  the  Lord  and  the  |  excel- 
lency |  of  our  |  God. 

Then  the  eyes  of  the  blind  |  shall  be  |  opened  I 
and  the  ears  of  the  |  deaf  shall  |  be  un  |  stopped. 

Then  shall  the  lame  man  |  leap  as  an  |  hart  II 
and  the  |  tongue  of  the  |  dumb  -  |  sing. 

For  in  the  wilderness  shall  |  waters  break  | 
out  ||  and  |  streams  -  |  in  the  |  desert. 

And  the  ransomed  of  the  Lord  shall  return, 
and  |  come  to  |  Zion  II  with  songs  and  everlast 
ing  |  joy  up  |  on  their  |  heads. 

They  shall  obtain  |  joy  and  |  gladness  II  and 
sorrow  and  sighing  |  shall  -  J  tlee  a  j  way. 


in. 

Wt  KPas  S&oun&O). 
Isaiah  liii. 

HE  was  wounded  for  |  our  trans  |  gres;uons  P  Ho 
wars  |  bruised  for  [  our  in  |  iquities. 

The  chastisement  of  our  peace  |  was  upon  | 
Him  ||  and  with  |  bis  stripes  |  we  are  |  healed. 

All  we  like  sheep  have  |  gone  a  |  stray  II  we 
have  turned  every  |  one  to  |  his  own  |  way. 

And  the  Lord  hath  |  laid  on  |  Him  II  the  in  | 
iquity  |  of  us  |  all. 

He  was  oppressed  and  He  |  was  af  |  flicted  9 
yet  He  I  opened  [  not  his  |  mouth. 

286 


SCRIPTURE  HYMXS. 


He  is  brought  as  a  lamb  to  the  slaughter,  and 
as  a  sheep  before  her  |  shearer  is  |  dumb  ||  so  He  | 
openeth  |  not  his  |  mouth. 

Rev.  i.  and  v. 

UNTO  Him  that  |  loved  |  us  ||  and  washed   us 
from  our  |  sins  in  |  his  own  |  blood. 
And  hath  made  us  kings  and  priests  unto  God  | 
and  His  |  Father  II  to  Him  be  glory  and  dominion 
for  |  ever  and  |  ever.    A  |  men 

Worthy  is  the  Lamb  |  that  was  |  slain  ||  to 
re  |  ceive  -  |  Power,  |  and  Riches, 

And  |  Wisdom,  and  |  Strength  II  and  Honor, 
and  Glory,  and  |  Blessing  |  A  -  |  men. 


IV. 

?$oto  Beautiful. 
Isaiah  lii.  7-10. 

HOW  beautiful  up  |  on  the  |  mountains  II  are  the 
feet  of  him  that  bringeth  good  tidings,  |  that  -  j 
publisheth  |  peace. 

That  bringeth  good  tidings  of  good,  that  pub- 
lisheth |  sal  -  |  vation  II  that  saith  unto  Zion  | 
Thy  -  |  God  -  |  reigneth. 

Thy  watchmen  shall  lift  |  up  the  |  voice  II  with 
the  voice  to  |  gether  |  shall  they  |  sing. 

For  they  shall  see  |  eye  to  |  eye  II  when  the 
Lord  shall  |  bring  a  |  gain  -  |  Zion. 

Break  forth  into  joy,  sing  together  ye  waste 
planes  |  of  Je  |  rusalem  ||  for  the  Lord  hath  com- 

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SCRIPTURE  HYMNS. 


for  ted  his  people,  he  |  hath  re  |  deemed  Je  |  ru- 
salem. 

The  Lord  hath  made  bare  his  holy  arm  in  the 
eyes  of  |  all  the  |  nations  I!  and  all  the  ends  of  the 
earth  shall  see  the  sal  |  vation  |  of  our  |  God. 


V. 

gvfgf,  .Sfjfne. 

Isaiah  lx. 

ARISE,  shine,  for  thy  |  light  is  |  come  ||  and  the 
glory  of  the  |  Lord  is  |  risen  up  |  on  thee. 

The  Grentiles  shall  come  |  to  thy  |  light  II  and 
kings  to  the  |  brightness  |  of  thy  |  rising. 

Lift  up  thine  eyes  round  a  |  bout  and  |  see  R 
all  they  gather  themselves  together,  |  they  -  | 
come  to  |  Thee. 

Thy  sons  shall  |  come  from  |  far  II  and  thy 
daughters  shall  be  |  nursed  |  at  thy  |  side. 

Thy  gates  shall  be  |  open  con  |  tinually  ||  they 
shall  not  be  |  shut  -  |  day  nor  |  night ; 

That  men  may  bring  unto  thee  the  forces  |  of 
the  |  Grentiles  II  and  that  their  |  kings  -  |  may  be  | 
brought. 

For  the  nation  and  kingdom  that  will  not 
serve  |  Thee  shall  |  perish  ||  yea,  those  nations  | 
shall  be  |  utterly  |  wasted. 

Violence  shall  no  more  be  heard  |  in  thy  |  land  0 
wasting  nor  destruction  |  with  -  |  in  thy  |  bor- 
ders. 

But  thou  shalt  call  thy  |  walls  sal  |  vation  II 
and  I  thy  -  I  gates  -  |  praise. 

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SCRIPTUKE  HYMNS. 


The  sun  shall  be  no  more  thy  |  light  by  |  day  D 
neither  for  brightness  shall  the  |  moon  give  I  light 
unto  |  thee. 

But  the  Lord  shall  be  unto  thee  an  ever  |  last- 
ing light  11  and  thy  |  God  -  |  thy  -  |  glory. 


71. 

[As  %n  the  English  Prayer  Booh] 
St.  Luke  i. 

MY  soul  doth  magni  |  fy  the  |  Lord  II  and  my 
spirit  hath  re  |  joiced  in  |  Grod  my  |  Saviour, 

For  He  |  hath  re  |  garded  ||  the  lowli  |  ness  of  | 
his  hand  |  maiden  ; 

For  behold,  |  from  hence  |  forth  ||  all  gene  |  ra- 
tions  shall  |  call  me  |  blessed. 

For  He  that  is  mighty  hath  magnified  me,  and 
holy  |  is  his  |  Name  II  and  his  mercy  is  on  them 
that  fear  Him,  through  |  out  all  |  gener  |  ations. 

He  hath  shewed  strength  |  with  his  |  ann  II  He 
hath  scattered  the  proud  in  the  imagi  |  nation  | 
of  their  |  hearts. 

He  hath  put  down  the  mighty  |  from  their  | 
seats  ||  and  hath  exalted  the  |  humble  |  and  the  | 
meek. 

He  hath  filled  the  hungry  |  with  good  |  things  D 
and  the  rich  He  |  hath  sent  |  empty  a  |  way. 

He  remembering  his  mercy  hath  holpen  his  j 
servant  |  Israel  II  as  He  promised  to  our  fore- 
fathers, Abraham  |  and  his  I  seed,  for  I  ever. 


SCRIPTURE  HYMNS. 


vn 

Nunc  Buuftlfs. 

St.  Luke  ii. 

LORD,  now  lettest  thou  thy  servant  de  |  part 
in  |  peace  ||  ac  |  cording  |  to  thy  |  word, 
For  I  mine  -  |  eyes  ||  have  |  seen  -  |  thy  sal  |  va 
tion. 

Which  thou  |  hast   pre  |  pared  II  before  the  | 
face  -  |  of  all  |  people. 

To  be  a  light  to  |  lighten  the  |  Grentiles  II  and 
the  glory  |  of  thy  |  people  |  Israel. 


VIII. 

En  tlje  ISejjfnnfng. 
St.  JohnJ. 

beginning 
was  with 

was   the  |  "Word 
Grod,  |  and  the  | 

|  and   the 

Word  was  | 

TN  the 

1  Word 
God. 

The  same  was  in  the  be  |  ginning  with  |  G-od  || 
all  things  were  made  by  him ;  and  without  him 
was  not  any  thing  |  made  -  |  that  was  |  made. 

In  |  him  was  |  life  II  and  the  life  |  was  the  |  light 
of  |  men. 

And  the  light  |  shineth  in  |  darkness  II  and  the 
darkness  |  compre  |  hended  |  it  not  ; 

That  was  the  |  true  -  |  Light  II  which  lighteth 
every  man  that  |  cometh  |  into  the  |  world. 

He  was  in  the  world,  and  the  world  was 
made  by  |  him  ||  and  the  |  world  -  |  knew  him 
not. 

He  came  |  unto  his  |  own  ||  and  his  |  own  re  | 
ceived  him  |  not. 

poo 


SCKIPTUKE  UAMNS. 


But  as  many  |  as  re  |  ceived  him  II  to  them  gave 
he  power  to  become  the  sons  of  Grod,  even  to 
them  |  that  be  |  lieve  on  his  |  name : 

"Which  were  born  |  not  of  |  blood  II  nor  of  the 
will  of  the  flesh,  nor  of  the  will  of  man  |  but  -  | 
of  -  |  God. 

And  the  Word  was  made  flesh,  and  |  dwelt  a  | 
mong  us  II  and  we  beheld  his  glory,  the  glory  as 
of  the  only  begotten  of  the  Father  |  full  of  |  grace 
and  |  truth. 

And  of  his  fulness  have  all  |  we  re  |  ceived  H 
and  |  grace  -  |  for  -  |  grace. 

For  the  law  was  |  given  by  |  Moses  II  but  grace 
and  truth  |  came  by  |  Jesus  |  Christ. 


IX. 
<2Bfo"D  so  SLobetr. 

St.  John  iil 


FOR  Grod  so  loved  the  world,  that  he  gave  his 
only  be  |  gotten  |  Son  ||  that  whosoever  be- 
lieveth  in  him  should  not  perish,  but  have  |  ever  ] 
lasting  |  life. 

For  Grod  sent  not  his  Son  into  the  world  to 
con  |  demn  the  |  world  ||  but  that  the  world 
through  |  him  -  |  might  be  |  saved. 

He  that  believeth  on  him  is  |  not  con  |  demn- 
ed  II  but  he  that  believeth  not  is  condemned  al- 
ready, because  he  hath  not  believed  in  the  name 
of  the  only  be  |  gotten  |  Son  of  |  Grod 

And  this  is  the  condemnation,  that  light  is 
come  |  into  the  |  world  II  and  men  loved  darkness 

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SCRIPTURE  HYMNS. 


rather  than  light,  be  |  cause  their  j  deeds  were  j 
evil. 

For  every  one  that  doeth  evil  hateth  the  light, 
neither  eometh  |  to  the  |  light  II  lest  his  |  deeds 
should  |  be  re  |  proved  : 

But  he  that  doeth  truth  eometh  |  to  the  |  light  [ 
that  his  deeds  may  be  made  manifest  that  j  they 
are  I  wrought  in  |  Grod. 


X. 

Hortr,  W&qvl  art  €fott. 

Acts  iv. 

LORD,  |  thou    art  |  Grod    H    which    hast    made 
heaven,  and  earth,  and  the  sea,  and  |  all  that  | 
in  them  |  is  : 

Who  by  the  mouth  of  thy  servant  |  David 
hast  |  said  ||  AVhy  did  the  heathen  rage,  and  the 
people  im  |  agine  |  vain  -  |  things  ? 

The  kings  of  the  earth  stood  up,  and  the  rulers 
were  |  gathered  to  |  gether  ||  against  the  Lord,  | 
and  a  |  gainst  his  |  Christ. 

For  of  a  truth  against  thy  holy  child  Jesus, 
whom  thou  |  hast  a  |  nointed  ||  both  Herod,  and 
Pontius  Pilate,  with  the  Gentiles,  and  the  people 
of  Israel,  |  were  -  |  gathered  to  |  gether. 

For  to  do  whatsoever  thy  hand  |  and  thy  | 
counsel  II  determined  be  |  fore  -  |  to  be  |  done. 

And  now,  Lord,  be  |  hold  their  |  threatenings  H 
and  grant  unto  thy  servants,  that  with  all  bold- 
ness |  they  may  |  speak  thy  |  word, 

By  stretching  forth  thy  |  hand  to  |  heal  J!  and 
that  signs  and  wonders  may  be  done  by  the  name 
of  thy  |  holv  j  child-  |  Jesus. 
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XL 

1  Corinthians  xiii. 

THOUGH  I  speak  with  the  tongues  ot  men 
and  of  angels,  and  |  have  not  |  charity  II  I  am 
become  as  sounding  brass,  |  or  a  |  tinkling  | 
cymbal. 

And  though  I  have  the  gift  of  prophecy,  and 
understand  all  mysteries,  |  and  all  |  knowledge  II 
and  though  that  I  have  all  faith,  so  that  I  could 
remove  mountains,  and  have  not  |  charity,  |  I 
am  |  nothing. 

And  though  I  bestow  all  my  goods  to  feed  the 
poor,  and  though  I  give  my  body  |  to  be  |  burned  fl 
and  have  not  |  charity,  |  I  am  |  nothing. 

Charity  suftereth  long,  |  and  is  |  kind  II  charity 
envieth  not ;  charity  vaunteth  not  itself,  |  is  not  | 
puffed  |  up ; 

Doth  not  behave  it  |  self  un  |  seemly  II  seeketh 
not  her  own,  is  not  easily  pro  |  voked,  |  thinketh 
no  |  evil ; 

Rejoiceth  |  not  in  in  |  iquity  II  but  re  |  joiceth  | 
in  the  |  truth  ; 

Beareth  all  things,  be  |  lieveth  |  all  things  I! 
hopeth  all  things,  en  (  dureth  |  all  -  |  things. 

Charity  |  never  |  faileth  II  but  whether  there 
be  prophecies,  they  shall  fail ;  whether  there  be- 
tongues,  they  shall  cease ;  whether  there  be 
knowledge,  j  it  shall  |  vanish  a  |  way. 

For  we  |  know  in  |  part  ||  and  we  |  prophe  |  sy 
In  |  part ; 

But  when  that  which  is  |  perfect  is  |  come  It 

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then  that  which  is  in  |  part  shall  be  |  done  a  I 
way. 

When  I  was  a  child,  I  spake  as  a  child,  I  un- 
derstood as  a  child,  I  |  thought  as  a  |  child  ||  but 
when  I  became  a  man,  I  |  put  away  |  childish  | 
things. 

For  now  we  see  through  a  glass,  darkly  ;  but 
then  |  face  to  |  face  II  now  I  know  in  part ;  but 
then  shall  I  know  even  as  |  also  |  I  am  |  known. 

And  now  abideth  |  faith,  hope,  |  charity  ||  these 
three ;  but  the  |  greatest  of  |  these  is  |  charity. 


r 


us 


XIL 

Kf  &0T1  fce  for  23s. 
Romans  viii. 

God  be  I  for  us  II  who  |  can  -  j  be  a  |  gainst 

He  that  spared  not  his  own  Son,  but  delivered 
him  up  I  for  us  |  all  II  how  shall  he  not  with  him 
also  I  freely  |  give  us  |  all  things  ? 

Who  shall  lay  any  thing  to  the  charge  of  | 
God's  e  I  lect  II  It  is  |  God  that  |  justi  |  fieth. 

Who  is  he  that  condemneth  ?  It  is  Christ  that 
died,  yea  rather,  that  is  |  risen  a  |  gain  I!  who  is 
even  at  the  right  hand  of  God,  who  also  maketh  | 
inter  |  cession  |  for  us. 

Who  shall  separate  us  from  the  |  love  of  | 
Christ  ||  Shall  tribulation,  or  distress,  or  perse- 
cution, or  famine,  or  nakedness,  or  |  peril,  |  or  -  | 
sword  ? 

Nay,  in  all  these  things  we  are  |  more  than  | 
conquerors  II  through  |  him  that  |  loved  |  us. 

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For  I  am  persuaded  that  neither  death,  nor 
life,  nor  angels,  nor  I  princi  |  palities  II  nor  powers, 
nor  things  present,  j  nor  -  |  things  to  |  come. 

Nor  height,  nor  depth,  nor  any  |  other  |  crea- 
ture II  shall  be  able  to  separate  us  from  the  love  oi 
God,  which  is  in  I  Christ  -  I  Jesus  our  |  Lord. 


XIII. 

2Saster  33enetrfctus. 

1  St.  Peter  i. 

BLESSED  be  the  God  and  Father  of  our  Lord  I 
Jesus  |  Christ  II  who,  according  to  |  His  a  j 
oundant  |  mercy, 

Hath  begotten  us  again  unto  a  |  lively  |  hope  R 
bv  the  resurrection  of  |  Jesus  Christ  |  from  the  | 
dead. 

To  an  inheritance  incorruptible  and  |  unde 
filed  II  and  that  fadeth  not  away,  re  |  served  in 
Heaven  |  for  us. 

Who  are  kept  by  the  power  of  God,  through 
faith  un  |  to  sal  |  vation  ||  ready  to  be  revealed  | 
in  the  |  last  -  |  time. 


XIV. 
88?e  sfjall  not  all  Sleep. 

1    COK.   XV. 

WE  shall  not  |  all  -  |  sleep  It  but  we  |  shall  -  | 
all  be  |  changed, 
In  a  moment,  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye,  |  at 
the  last  |  trump  II  for  the  trumpet  shall  sound, 
and  the  dead  shall  be  raised  incorruptible,  |  and 
we  |  shall  be  |  changed 


SCRIPTURE  HYMNS. 


For  this  corruptible  must  put  on  |  incor  |  rup- 
tion  II  and  this  mortal  must  |  put  on  |  immor  | 
tality. 

So  when  this  corruptible  shall  have  put  on  in  | 
oorrup  |  tion  II  and  this  mortal  shall  have  |  put 
on  |  immor  |  tality, 

Then  shall  be  brought  to  pass  the  saying  |  that 
is  |  written  ||  Death  is  |  swallowed  |  up  in  [  vic- 
tory. 

0  death,  |  where  is  thy  |  sting  II  0  |  grave, 
where  |  is  thy  |  victory  ? 

The  sting  of  j  death  is  |  sin  II  and  the  |  strength 
of  |  sin  is  the  |  law. 

But  |  thanks  be  to  |  G-od  II  which  giveth  us 
the  victory  through  our  |  Lord  -  |  Jesus  |  Christ. 

XV. 

Ephesians  iL 

GOD,  who  is  |  rich  in  |  mercy  II  for  his  great 
love  where  |  with  he  |  loved  |  us, 

Even  when  we  were  |  dead  in  |  sins  ||  hath 
quickened  us  together  with  Christ,  by  |  grace  -  | 
we  are  |  saved ; 

And  hath  raised  us  |  up  to  |  gether  U  and  made 
us  sit  together  in  heavenly  |  places  in  |  Christ  - 1 
Jesus : 

That  in  the  ages  to  come  he  might  shew  the  ex- 
ceeding riches  |  of  his  |  grace  ||  in  his  kindness 
toward  us,  |  through  -  |  Christ  -  |  Jesus. 

For  by  grace  are  we  saved  |  through  -  |  faith  II 
and  that   not  of  ourselves  :    it  |  is  the  |  gift  of  I 

God: 

8M 


SCRIPTURE  HYMNS. 


No  -  |  t  of  |  works  |]  lest  |  any  |  man  should  | 
boast. 

For  we  are  his  workmanship,  created  in  Christ 
Jesus  |  unto  good  |  works  II  which  Grod  hath 
before  ordained  that  I  we  should  I  walk  in  I  them 


XVL 

ffioU,  tolio  at  Sutrtrcs  Cfme*. 

Hebrews  i. 

GOD,   who   at    sundry   times    and  in  |  divers 
manners    II   spake    in   time  past  unto   the 
fathers  |  by  the  |  prophets, 

Hath  in  these  last  days  spoken  unto  us  |  by 
his  |  Son  I!  whom  he  hath  appointed  heir  of  all 
things,  by  whom  |  also  he  |  made  the  |  worlds ; 

Who,  being  the  brightness  of  his  glory  and 
the  express  image  |  of  his  |  person  ||  and  uphold- 
ing all  things  by  the  |  word  -  |  of  his  |  power ; 

When  he  had  by  himself  |  purged  our  |  sins  0 
sat  down  on  the  right  hand  of  the  |  Majes  |  ty 
on  |  high ; 

Being  made  so  much  better  |  than  the  |  an- 
gels I!  as  he  hath  by  inheritance  obtained  a  more  | 
excellent  |  name  than  |  they. 

For  unto  which  of  the  angels  said  he  at  any 
time,  Thou  art  my  Son,  this  day  have  |  I  be  |  got- 
ten thee  II  And  again,  I  will  be  to  him  a  Father, 
and  he  shall  |  be  to  j  me  a  |  Son  ? 

And  again,  when  he  bringeth  in  the  First-be- 
gotten into  the  |  world,  he  |  saith  II  And  let  all 
the  |  angels  of  |  G-od  -  |  worship  him. 

And  of  the  |  angels  he  |  saith  II  Who  maketh 

297 


SCRIPTURE  H7MNS. 


his  angels  spirits,  and  his  |  ministers  a  |  flame 
of  |  fire. 

But  unto  the  Son  he  saith,  Thy  throne,  0  God, 
is  for  |  ever  and  |  ever  I!  a  sceptre  of  righteous- 
ness is  the  |  sceptre  |  of  thy  |  kingdom : 

Thou  hast  loved  righteousness,  and  |  hated  in  f 
iquity  II  therefore  God,  even  thy  Grod,  hath  anoint- 
ed thee  with  the  oil  of  |  gladness  a  [  bove  thy  ; 
fellows. 

And,  Thou,  Lord,  in  the  beginning  hast  lais 
the  foundation  |  of  the  |  earth  ||  and  the  heavens  | 
are  the  |  works  of  thy  |  hands  : 

They  shall  perish,  but  |  thou  re  |  mainest  II 
and  they  all  shall  wax  |  old  as  |  doth  a  |  gar- 
ment ; 

And  as  a  vesture  shalt  thou  fold  them  up,  and 
they  |  shall  be  |  changed  II  but  thou  art  the  same, 
and  |  thy  years  |  shall  not  |  fail. 

But  to  which  of  the  angels  said  he  at  |  any  | 
time  II  Sit  on  my  right  hand,  until  I  make  thine  j 
ene  j  mies  thy  |  footstool  ? 

Are  they  not  all  |  ministering  |  spirits  ||  sent 
forth  to  minister  for  them  who  shall  be  |  heirs  -  | 
of  sal  I  vation? 


XVIL 

Seefujj  2Tijen. 
Hebrews  iv. 

SEEING-  then  that  we  have  a  great  High  Priest, 
that  is  passed  in  |  to  the  |  heavens  II  Jesus  the 
Son  of  God,  let  us  hold  I  fast  -  |  our  pro  |  fessiori 
For  we  have  not  a  high  priest  which  cannot  ba 
touched  with  the  feeling  of  |  our  in  |  firmities  [I 

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but  was  in  all  points  tempted  like  as  we  are,  | 
yet  with  |  out  -  |  sin. 

Let  us  therefore  come  boldly  unto  the  |  throne 
of  |  grace  II  that  we  may  obtain  mercy,  and  find 
grace  to  |  help  in  |  time  of  |  need. 


XVIIL 

33ci)olU  toiwt  i&amur. 

1  St.  John  iii. 

BEHOLD,  what  manner  of  love  the  Father  hath 
be  |  stowed  up  |  on  us,  II  that  we  should  be  | 
called  the  |  sons  of  |  Grod. 

Therefore  the  world  |  knoweth  us  |  not  II  be  | 
cause  it  |  knew  him  j  not. 

Beloved,  now  are  we  the  |  sons  of  |  Grod  H  and 
it  doth  not  yet  ap  |  pear  -  |  what  we  |  shall  be. 

But  we  know  that,  when  |  he  shall  ap  |  pear  D 
we  shall  be  like  him ;  for  we  shall  |  see  him  |  as 
he  |  is. 

And  every  man  that  |  hath  this  |  hope  in  him  1 
purifieth  himself,  |  even  as  |  he  is  |  pure. 


XIX. 
2SeIobeO,  ft  our  fflznxt 
1  St.  John  iii.     21-24. 

BELOVED,  if  our  heart  con  |  demn  us  |  not  D 
then  have  we  |  confidence  to  |  ward  -  |  Grod. 
And  whatsoever  we  ask,  j  we  re  |  ceive  of  him  D 
because   we   keep   his   commandments,    and   do 
those  things  that  are  |  pleasing  |  in  his  |  sight. 
And  this  is  his  commandment,  that  we  should 

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believe  on  the  name  of  his  Son  |  Jesus  |  Christ  II 
and  love  one  another,  |  as  he  |  gave  us  com  | 
mandment. 

And  he  that  keepeth  j  his  com  |  mandments,  fl 
dwelleth  in  |  him,  and  |  he  in  |  him. 

And  hereby  we  know  that  he  a  |  bideth  |  in  us  I 
by  the  Spirit  |  which  -  (  he  hath  |  given  us. 


XX. 

3Setobeto,  let  23s. 

1  St.  John  iv. 

BELOVED,  let  us  |  love  one  a  |  nother  II  for 
love  is  of  (rod  ;  and  every  one  that  loveth,  is 
born  of  |  God,  and  |  knoweth  |  G-od. 

He  that  loveth  not,  |  knoweth  not  |  God  II  for  | 
God  -  |  is  -  |  love. 

In  this  was  manifested  the  love  of  |  Grod  toward  | 
us,  II  because  that  G-od  sent  his  only  begotten 
Son  into  the  world,  that  |  we  might  |  live 
through  |  him. 

Herein  is  love,  not  that  we  loved  God,  but 
that  |  he  loved  |  us  II  and  sent  his  Son  to  be  the 
propiti  |  ation  |  for  our  |  sins. 

Beloved,  if  God  so  |  loved  |  us  U  we  ought  also 
to  I  love  -     one  a  I  nother. 


XXI. 

SBtyosoebet  3Mietot&. 

1  St.  J»\hn  v. 

WHOSOEVER   believeth    that    Jesus    is    the 
Christ,  is  |  born  of  |  God  ||   and  every  one 

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that  loveth  him  that  begat,  loveth  him  also  that  I 
is  be  |  gotten  |  of  him. 

By  this  we  know  that  we  love  the  |  children 
of  |  God  ||  when  we  love  God,  and  |  keep  -  |  his 
com  |  mandments. 

For  this  is  the  love  of  God,  that  we  |  keep  his 
com  |  mandments  ||  and  his  com  |  mandments  |  are 
not  |  grievous. 

For  whatsoever  is  born  of  God,  over  |  cometh 
the  |  world  ||  and  this  is  the  victory  that  over- 
cometh  the  |  world,  -  |  even  our  |  faith. 

Who  is  he  that  over  |  cometh  the  |  world  ||  but 
he  that  believeth  that  Jesus  |  is  the  |  Son  of  | 
God? 

This  is  he  that  came  by  water  and  blood, 
even  |  Jesus  I  Christ  ||  not  by  water  only,  but  by  | 
water  |  and  -  |  blood. 

And  it  is  the  Spirit  that  |  beareth  |  witness  || 
be  |  cause  the  |  Spirit  is  |  truth. 

For  there  are  three  that  bear  record  in  heaven, 
the  Father,  the  Word,  and  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost  j; 
and  |  these  -  |  three  are  |  one. 


XXII. 
&fcristmas  <£atttat*. 

0SLN"G   unto  the  Lord  a  |   new  -  |  song  || 
let  the  congre  |  gation  of  |  saints  -  !  praise 
Him. 

Let  Israel  rejoice  in  |  Him  that  |  made  him  |] 
and  let  the  children  of  Zion  be  |  joyful  |  in  their  | 
King. 

a  2  801 


SCRIPTURE  HYMNS. 


In  Him,  the  First  |  and  the  |  Last  ||  the  same 
yesterday,  to  |  day,  -  |  and  for  |  ever. 

The  Angel  |  of  the  |  Covenant  ||  the  |  An  -  | 
cient  of  Days. 

The  Desire  |  of  all  |  Nations  ||  The  glory  |  of 
his  |  people  |  Israel. 

The  Eoot  and  |  Offspring  of  |  David  ||  The  | 
Bright  and  |  Morning  Star. 

The  |  Son  of  |  Mary  ||  The  Only  Begotten  of 
the  Father,  |  full  of  |  grace  and  |  truth. 

The  Day  Spring  |  from  on  |  high  ||  The  Sun  of 
Righteousness  risen  with  |  healing  |  in  his  | 
wings. 

The  |  Rose  of  |  Sharon  ||  and  the  |  Lily  |  of 
the  |  Valley. 

The  |  Crown  of  |  Glory  ||  The  Diadem  of  | 
Beauty  un  |  to  his  |  people. 

The  Author  and  Finisher  |  of  our  |  Faith  ||  the 
Shepherd  and  |  Bishop  |  of  our  |  souls. 

The  Lamb  slain  from  the  foundation  |  of  the  | 
world  ||  High  Priest  forever,  after  the  |  order  |  of 
Mel  |  chizedec. 

The  Propitiation  for  the  Sins  |  of  the  |  world  || 
the  Only  Name  under  Heaven  given  among  men 
where  |  by  we  |  must  be  |  saved. 

The  Prophet,  |  Priest  and  |  King  ||  The  |  Lord 
our  |  Righteous  |  ness. 

The  Judge  of  the  |  Quick  and  the  |  Dead  ||  He 
that  hath  the  |  keys  of  |  Death  and  |  Hell. 

God  manifest  |  in  the  |  Flesh  ||  Image  |  of  the 
in  |  visible  |  God. 

The  Brightness  of  the  |  Father's  |  Glory  ||  The 
express  |  Image  |  of  his  |  Person. 

King  of  Kings  and  |  Lord  of  |  Lords  ||  God  over 
all  |  blessed  for  |  ever  |  more. 

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mony. 

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